Louisiana Considered

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Isaias upgraded to Cat 3 Hurricane; Sesame Street’s...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/10/09

Isaias has been upgraded to a Category 3 hurricane and is set to make landfall overnight. The storm is headed towards the Gulf Coast and likely to impact several states. Communities spanning from the Louisiana coast to the Florida panhandle are all on storm watch. Meteorologist Dan Holiday joins us with the latest.A few months ago, a big storm came to Sesame Street. With extreme weather becoming more and more common, Sesame Workshop released a new TV special to show how monsters came

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Midterm elections preview; What’s on deck at the 37th...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/10/08

The midterm elections are heating up across the country. In Louisiana, the Nov. 3 ballot will have constitutional amendments, six congressional seats, a host of trial judges, appellate and one State Supreme Court race. The ballot also includes a Public Service Commission race and the U.S. Senate race to replace Bill Cassidy. Stephanie Grace, editorial director and columnist at the Times Picayune/The Advocate, joins us to break it all down.The New Orleans Film Festival returns in just a few

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St. Bernard Parish ‘Pet Cemetery Murders’ cold case...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/10/07

In 1985, St. Bernard Parish Pet Cemetery owner Dorothy Lou Thompson disappeared. Her body later turned up mysteriously in the Mississippi River, but initial investigations went cold. Decades later, a new witness came forward claiming that Dorothy’s ghost pushed him to talk. A new HBO docuseries “The Pet Cemetery Murders” dives into the story. Director Phillip Cairney joins us with more. Artificial intelligence seems to become more powerful and influential every day. The Institute for

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Why Lauren Jewett traded the classroom for a...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/10/06

Election Day is a month away, and the latest polls predict a blue wave in both the House and the Senate. Special education teacher, union member and DSA-backed candidate Lauren Jewett is one of the Democrats hoping to unseat Republican incumbent Steve Scalise for Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District. Jewett joins us to talk about what she’s learned from her previous campaigns, her political views, her platform and what she would bring to Congress. A day-long music event inspired by the

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Latest ICE arrests data in Louisiana; ULL project...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/10/05

Last December, officers with Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement embarked on Operation Catahoula Crunch, arresting more than 350 Louisiana residents. While operations have scaled back, arrests targeting immigrant communities are back on the rise. The Lens reporter Delaney Nolan recently published a data analysis of who ICE is arresting and where. She joins us for more on her findings. “Dry Bones” is a new video series from The Center for Louisiana Studies at the

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Times-Picayune owner on ties to Meta, approach to AI;...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/10/01

For the last several months, Gulf States Newsroom reporter Drew Hawkins has been investigating non-disclosure agreements that Louisiana politicians have been signing regarding data centers — in particular, the massive data center underway in Richland Parish. Recently, he learned of ties between Meta, the company that owns the data center, and the owner of the media group that runs the Times-Picayune/The Advocate. Drew recently sat down with the owner, John Georges, to discuss his

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New Orleans honors Dolly Parton with second line;...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/30

Country music legend and world-renowned philanthropist Dolly Parton passed away just over a month ago. Among the hundreds of commemorations across the world, New Orleans honored her by doing what the city does best: a second-line jazz funeral.Louisiana Considered intern Ryann Goldberg joined in on the fun, speaking with some of the thousands of participants. The Capital Area Autism Network is releasing its latest analysis of activism, awareness and resource-building benefitting

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Influencer Aubrey Avocado on distinction between...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/29

Social media has changed who gets to tell stories—and who audiences turn to for information. Influencers can reach thousands of people instantly, sometimes faster than traditional news organizations. But at the end of the day, influencers are not journalists. New Orleans influencer Aubrey Avocado joins us to discuss the power of having an audience, the trust that comes with it, and the distinction she sees between content creation and investigative reporting.New Orleans’ independent music

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SpaceX impacts in Acadiana; the disappearing “Yat”...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/28

Last month, Gov. Jeff Landry announced a SpaceX launch site is coming to South Louisiana. Educational and economic development organizations are now retooling their workforce training programs in preparation for potential job opportunities. Christiaan Mader, founder of the Current in Lafayette, tells us more. New Orleans may be losing its accent. In a recent study by the American Dialect Society, Katie Carmichael, a linguistics professor at Virginia Tech, found a slow disappearance of New

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Sea Change: The Future of the Beach

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/25

We love our beaches. We build homes beside them, vacation on them, and spend billions of dollars trying to keep them from disappearing. But beaches are supposed to move—and as sea levels rise, keeping them in place is becoming more expensive, more difficult, and possibly impossible.So what happens when the sand, the money, and the time start running out? Coastal geologist Rob Young says we’re going to have to make some hard choices about what we protect, what we let go, and who pays for the

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New Orleans’ 2027 budget proposal; formerly unhoused...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/24

It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to hear the latest on politics with The Times-Picayune/The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist, Stephanie Grace. Today we discuss the New Orleans budget and the plan to dig the city out of its major deficit. Federal funds that helped unhoused people get off the streets could be taken away by the state, forcing them to move into a temporary shelter in Baton Rouge. Verite reporter Katie Jane Fernelius joins us with more. Nearly half of Louisiana

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The costs of parole; how rates of gender-based...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/23

People on probation and parole are responsible for covering part of the cost of their community supervision. Some of those are one-time expenses. But many of them are monthly payments that can add up.Elise Gregg from the Gulf States Newsroom spoke to people across the region about the financial burdens that come with being on parole.For years, Anita Raj, executive director of Tulane’s Newcomb Institute, has been studying gender equity, global health and violence. Now, she’s taking her work

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An end-of-summer COVID surge; New Orleans students...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/23

Every year, COVID case numbers spike at the end of the summer, and this year is no exception. Dr. Jennifer Avegno, an emergency medical physician and New Orleans Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services, joins us to discuss the latest spike.Orleans Parish students are seeing some of the biggest academic gains in the country, according to a new report from Stanford and Harvard researchers, ranking them in the 99th percentile for reading growth and 98th percentile for math growth.Jamie

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Why LSU closed two cultural centers; Tuna-Biloxi...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/21

Since the start of this academic year, LSU has closed or repurposed multiple cultural centers on campus. The LGBTQ+ Center closed entirely, and the African American Cultural Center and Women’s Center are grappling with a major overhaul. LSU Reveille Senior News Reporter Vivian Sarhan has been following this closely and joins us with the latest. Rural hospitals and medical services across the country are suffering due to nationwide cuts. Yet, the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana’s healthcare

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A reverend, a rabbi and a monk walk into a radio...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/18

It’s the 40th anniversary of the Baton Rouge Interfaith Federation, a nonprofit that brings people of different faiths together to educate and support the community. They work together to coordinate charitable projects between faith communities to better distribute resources. Alex Cox, our Report for America Corps member and Baton Rouge reporter, took this opportunity to have a roundtable discussion with leaders of the federation and community members. Cox was joined by Ma’at Latham,

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New proposals to fix NOLA budget deficit; how...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/17

It’s Thursday and that means it’s time to catch up on politics with The Times-Picayune/The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist, Stephanie Grace. Today, we discuss the New Orleans city budget and why residents are speaking out against the latest proposals. We are still in the midst of hurricane season in Louisiana, and in New Orleans community groups are constantly brainstorming ways to keep us better prepared for storms. In the 7th Ward, an urban oasis has formed at the site of one

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Gulf South lacks tribal colleges; how to stop AI from...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/16

Tribal colleges and universities are higher education institutions chartered by Native American tribes. There are more than 30 of them across the country – but none in the Gulf South.Elise Gregg of the Gulf States Newsroom spoke to indigenous students around the region who don’t have a tribal college of their own.Artificial intelligence is becoming unavoidable. It’s not just data centers, the environment and economic development feeling the impacts. Everyday people are seeing the growth of

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Data centers job training; new preschool in Lower...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/15

Most Americans don’t want data centers built near their homes. But jobs can be a selling point, even if they’re temporary.The Gulf States Newsroom’s Aubri Juhasz visited a community college near the Richland Parish Meta data center that’s helping locals get hired.A grocery store dating back to the 1930s sat vacant in the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward for more than 20 years. But last month, the site officially reopened as Shiloh Gardens Academy, a new preschool for

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Why some residents aren’t using AC; cuts to wound...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/14

Air conditioning is a critical tool in the fight against extreme heat, but new research finds many New Orleans residents fear using it due to high energy costs. The study published in June in the Journal of Urban Health found that even when New Orleans residents had air conditioning units, they struggled to keep the temperature in their homes under 80 degrees overnight. Public health reporter for Verite News, Halle Parker, has been covering this story. She joins us with the

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Sea Change: The Fight Over Culatra Island Part 2:...

Louisiana Considered ·

2026/09/14

Throughout the Western history of conservation, protecting nature has often meant removing people. It's what happened during the creation of many of America's national parks. But what if protecting nature didn't have to mean displacing the people who call it home? That's the question that brings us to Culatra, a small fishing island off Portugal's southern coast, and one of the country's seven natural wonders.For decades, the Portuguese government saw only one way to save the fragile lagoon

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