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Gov. Landry orders Louisiana schools to begin posting Ten Commandments
9+ hour, 11+ min ago (862+ words) Louisiana school district leaders are grappling with how and when they will be required to display the Ten Commandments after a court order preventing a 2024 law from taking effect was vacated last month. The ruling cleared the way for the…...
Why New Orleans Became Trump’s Newest Immigration Target
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (603+ words) For some, New Orleans may not seem an obvious next location. The city is home to only about 27,000 foreign-born people, according to U.S. Census data, well below Charlotte's 150,000 and Los Angeles' 1.5 million. Metro New Orleans is about 10% foreign-born, below the national…...
Compare 2025 school performance scores for New Orleans charters
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (977+ words) The NOLA Public Schools district earned its first B letter grade since the schools seized from the city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina " and run for years by the state " returned to the district's control in 2018." The Louisiana Department…...
New Orleans’ lead-heavy lizards could help scientists better grasp toxicity, evolution
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (894+ words) This story was originally published by the Louisiana Illuminator. Something remarkable is happening with the little brown lizards that have taken over the urban landscape of New Orleans. They're living " and even thriving " with levels of lead in their blood…...
'Sometimes we forget our own majesty' — capturing the cadence of New Orleans on Juneteenth
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (861+ words) In-depth news and investigations for New Orleans Juneteenth Street Portraits 2025, New Orleans Over the course of several hours, before most of the city even finished their morning coffee, Bennett sat down with eight individuals and one family. Each had their…...
K-3 reading improves as Louisiana continues early-literacy focus
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (1297+ words) In-depth news and investigations for New Orleans The number of Louisiana kindergarteners reading at or above grade level doubled during the 2024-25 school year, Louisiana Department of Education officials reported Thursday." That data comes from the state's early literacy screener " a…...
The doctor defending Louisiana’s controversial execution method
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (1321+ words) In-depth news and investigations for New Orleans Earlier this month, Dr. Joseph Antognini, a California-based retired anesthesiologist, walked into the execution chamber at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. He tried on the air-tight mask that prison staff plan to use…...