1+ week, 3+ day ago   (524+ words) (The Center Square) — Louisiana could emerge as one of the biggest domestic beneficiaries of a U.S.-backed expansion of Venezuela's oil industry, with refineries designed to process the country's heavy crude and infrastructure capable of receiving massive oil tankers offshore. Where…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (100+ words) What does New Orleans sound like? For decades, one answer has been the "Yat," an accent born in the city’s working class neighborhoods and shaped by the people who call them home. But now people say the "Yat" dialect…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (235+ words) By JACK BROOK, Associated Press/Report for America The 120 remaining troops completed their final patrol Monday and are set to conclude their mission in the city on Aug. 31, said Lt. Col. Noel Collins, a guard spokesperson. In late December, 350 troops…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (447+ words) Eviction protest outside New Orleans City Hall in 2016 The New Orleans City Council Aug. 20 voted to use money it recovered from New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity to continue to fund free legal representation for residents across the city facing…...