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Louisiana Considered

WWNO/WRKF Newsroom

“Louisiana Considered” showcases South Louisiana"s biggest stories and features interviews with journalists, newsmakers, and artists. The show is a collaboration between the WWNO and WRKF newsrooms. Airs Monday through Friday at noon.

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How Baton Rouge and New Orleans could make roads...

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2024/05/15

May is National Bike Month, and we’re dedicating Wednesday’s show to the topic of bike infrastructure in Southern Louisiana. Baton Rouge and New Orleans have been rated as some of the most dangerous places for cyclists in the country. An analysis of data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ranks East Baton Rouge Parish the fourth-most dangerous place to cycle in the United States. New Orleans is the sixth-most. We’ll talk with two people advocating for bicycle riding

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La. bill would classify abortion pills as controlled...

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2024/05/14

Hundreds of doctors across Louisiana are asking lawmakers not to pass a bill that would make abortion medications controlled substances in Louisiana. They've signed an opposition letter to Republican state Senator Thomas Pressly, the bill's main sponsor. Reporter Rosemary Westwood joins the show to update us on the proposal and opposition to it. Nearly half the natural gas pulled out of the ground in the U.S. gets exported overseas, and that number could get even higher over the next

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Landry signs bills to deregulate insurance market;...

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2024/05/13

Gov. Jeff Landry signed a package of bills last week that will deregulate Louisiana’s insurance market. They’re part of Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple’s plan to address the state’s ongoing insurance crisis, he says by making Louisiana a more attractive place for insurers to do business. Critics say the policies weaken consumer protections and will increase rates. Sam Karlin, reporter with the Times Picayune/New Orleans Advocate, joins the show with a look at these new laws and the

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How LNG expansion impacts communities from the Gulf...

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2024/05/10

We’re dedicating today’s show to a special conversation about the expansion of liquefied natural gas. Sea Change hosts Halle Parker and Carlyle Calhoun sit down with grassroots leaders from across the world to discuss the industry’s local and worldwide impacts. Andy Gheorghiu, an independent campaigner from Germany; Hiroki Osada a development finance and environment campaigner for Friends of Earth Japan from Japan; and James Hiatt, founder of For A Better Bayou in Lake Charles, Louisiana,

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La. congressional map battle heads to Supreme Court;...

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2024/05/09

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for our look at the week in politics. Joining us is Stephanie Grace, the Times Picayune/The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist. This week, we’re discussing the latest news in the legal saga around Louisiana’s new congressional district map. We’ll also get an update on Gov. Jeff Landry’s efforts to hold a constitutional convention this summer. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students’ rights are at the center of another clash between

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Nonprofit sues La. on behalf of foster youth; Jewish...

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2024/05/08

Louisiana’s death penalty law got a big rewrite earlier this year as part of the state’s special session. Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill that adds electrocution and nitrogen hypoxia to the list of state-approved methods for carrying out capital punishment. Now, the latter method is getting some pushback late in the legislative session. Some Democratic and Republican lawmakers are hoping to remove the use of nitrogen gas as an execution method. Notable supporters include some prominent

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Why this year’s hurricane season could be 'extremely...

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2024/05/08

Extremely active. Those are the words used by scientists to describe forecasts for the 2024 hurricane season. Researchers at Colorado State University estimate that this year’s Atlantic season could see 23 named storms, the highest on record. Other forecasts also predict high numbers of storms. To help us better understand why forecasts are so high, we’re joined by Jay Grymes, Louisiana’s interim state climatologist and meteorologist at WAFB in Baton Rouge. Climate change is affecting all

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Louisiana congressional map struck down yet again;...

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2024/05/06

A federal court has thrown out Louisiana’s new congressional district map. Judges ruled last week in favor of a complaint that stated the 6th District was drawn with the racial makeup of voters as the main motivator. The district was set to become the state’s second majority-Black district. To help us understand the ruling and what happens next, we’re joined by Piper Hutchinson, a reporter with the Louisiana Illuminator. NPR’s Tiny Desk has a new series host and producer, Bobby Carter. A

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Pro-Palestinian protests disrupt La. colleges; Xavier...

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2024/05/02

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to catch up on the week in politics with Stephanie Grace, editorial director and columnist with the Times Picayune/The Advocate.This week, we’ll be discussing the status of a potential constitutional convention in Baton Rouge this summer. Protests against Israel’s war in Gaza continued this week on many college campuses, including some in South Louisiana. Tulane University closed parts of campus and suspended several students after demonstrators set up an

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St. George gets court’s OK to build new city; NOLA...

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2024/05/01

A multi-year fight to form a new city out of an unincorporated suburban portion of southeastern East Baton Rouge Parish culminated last week with a Louisiana Supreme Court decision. Justices ruled in favor of the organizers working to incorporate the city of St. George. The court ruled against objections by East Baton Rouge officials, which had claimed the incorporation was “unreasonable,” that St. George couldn’t provide city services with a balanced budget and that the loss of tax revenues would

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Jazz Fest poster artist honors The Dixie Cups;...

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2024/04/30

Abortion care is about to get even more difficult to access for people across the Gulf South when a new ban takes effect in Florida on May 1. The ban outlaws nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, which is often before many people know they’re pregnant. Rosemary Westwood, WWNO/WRKF reproductive health reporter, has more on how abortion access is about to get even more difficult. The busiest part of a highway is usually the cars driving on the road. But in one part of New Orleans,

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Experts share solutions to reduce maternal, infant...

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2024/04/29

Louisiana is facing a Black infant and maternal mortality crisis. Black infants in Louisiana are more than three times as likely to die from premature birth as white infants and Black mothers are more than twice as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as their white counterparts, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, . Legislation before the Legislature this session seeks to address this crisis. Advocate groups and survivors have been sharing their concerns at the

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Speaker Mike Johnson backs Ukraine aid; La. teachers...

Louisiana Considered ·

2024/04/25

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for the week in politics. Stephanie Grace, the Times Picayune/The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist, talks about House Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to back more military aid to Ukraine. That decision rattled several House Republicans this week. They’ve since called for his removal. Johnson also visited Columbia University in New York City this week to meet with Jewish students and leaders as anti-war protests there continue — and spread to other

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Air quality declines in Baton Rouge, improves in...

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2024/04/25

All week, we’re hearing from public school teachers in Louisiana about how they’re feeling as living costs rise and wages stagnate.Yesterday we heard from a teacher who’s thinking of leaving the profession after only a year in the classroom because of low pay. On today’s show, Aubri Juhasz, WWNO/WRKF education reporter, brings us the story of another teacher facing a tough decision. In 2021, ecologists discovered that a group of whales residing exclusively in the Gulf of Mexico was a unique species

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Slidell clears debris from tornado damage; Jazz Fest...

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2024/04/23

Two tornadoes touched down in the city of Slidell, north of New Orleans, earlier this month. The severe weather damaged hundreds of buildings in the area. Thankfully, nobody was killed. But recovery efforts are expected to be ongoing for the next several months. Gov. Jeff Landry issued an emergency declaration after visiting the area last week. Greg Cromer, Slidel’s mayor, joins the show to share more on the city’s ongoing recovery efforts. Louisiana loses teachers every year. Some go to

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Families scramble to fill summer food assistance gap;...

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2024/04/22

There’s a lot of uncertainty around whether a popular food assistance program will serve Louisiana families this summer. Gov. Jeff Landry rejected $71 million in federal aid earlier this year to help feed children when schools are closed. Khalil Gillon, a reporter at Verite News, has been covering the fallout from Landry’s decision to decline federal funding and shares the latest. The Gulf South is getting hundreds of millions of dollars from settlements with some of the nation’s largest opioid

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How Germany pumps billions into Louisiana’s LNG plant...

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2024/04/19

Today, we bring you the conclusion of part two of Sea Change’s special series All Gassed Up. Hosts Carlyle Calhoun and Halle Parker head to Germany, one of the world’s leaders in green energy. But they discover the country is also playing a huge role in the expansion of Liquefied Natural Gas on the Gulf Coast. ___ Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Ryan Vasquez. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber; our contributing producers are Matt Bloom and Adam Vos; we receive production

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Where the effort to rewrite Louisiana’s constitutions...

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2024/04/18

It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to catch up on politics with Stephanie Grace, The Times-Picayune/The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist.We’ll get the latest on efforts to hold a constitutional convention in Baton Rouge this summer. Plus, a new leader takes top role in the state’s Democratic Party. A former New Orleans police chief is calling on President Biden to support changing how marijuana is classified in the United States. Ronal Serpas is one of 32 law-enforcement leaders

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5th Circuit sees uptick in voting rights cases; LSU...

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2024/04/17

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, is widely seen as the most conservative federal appeals court in the nation. It handles cases from Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana.As voting rights legislation meanders through the courts, the 5th Circuit has had a lot to say about the constitutionality of voting rights law. Madeleine Greenberg is a senior case coordinator with Democracy Docket, a progressive-leaning platform examining voting rights and elections in the courts; she wrote

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Sanctuary city ban bill moves through legislature;...

Louisiana Considered ·

2024/04/16

Sanctuary cities have become targets of Republican lawmakers across the country. Now Louisiana’s legislature is considering a measure that would ban parishes and cities from adopting their own policies. Bobbi-Jeanne Misick, reporter at Verite News, has been tracking the proposal since it was introduced and joins us for more. Edward “Kidd” Jordan, NOLA jazz saxophonist, and Alvin Batiste, jazz clarinetist, are being remembered in a special tribute concert on April 20 at the University of New Orleans

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