Louisiana

A tiny invasive bug loves the cane that grows along the mouth of the Mississippi River. Can it be stopped?

“Let us all come together so we can go as one and move another place instead of flooding out every year because we’re getting older,” says one resident of Pecan Acres, in Pointe Coupee Parish. “We’ll be better off. We won’t got to worry about worrying when the storms come.”

A new law in Louisiana that adds new requirements to process marriage licenses is being challenged for discrimination against refugees and immigrants.

Citizen activists tried to stop the government’s recent auction of 4,400 oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. They failed, but the auction brought in less revenue than expected.

Songs have been written about Louisiana’s great flood of 1927, and about Katrina. As the state is inundated anew, music plays a role in bringing communities together.Songs have been written about Louisiana’s great flood of 1927, and about Katrina. As the state is inundated anew, music plays a role in bringing communities together.