An internal memo authored by Our Lady of Lourdes interim chief medical officer Henry J. Kaufman was leaked yesterday, July 28, and began spreading like wildfire on social media. Its […]
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New Orleans, Jefferson Parish Residents Call for Public Hearing on Controversial Blackwater Permit Application
July 26, 2020In 2008, Blackwater Midstream quietly opened in Westwego. It was so quiet that Jefferson Parish officials didn’t even know about it. When Blackwater purchased the former NuStar Terminals plant along […]
An Unlikely Ally Widens Access to Medical Marijuana in Louisiana
July 24, 2020“I didn’t expect to be the poster boy for medical marijuana in Louisiana I was just trying to do the right thing.” Representative Larry Bagley explained in an interview […]
Louisiana Detention Facility Mistreats Sick Immigrants as COVID-19 Spreads
July 23, 2020A Richwood, Louisiana, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility, run by LaSalle Corrections, has seen a rash of Covid-19 cases. LaSalle Corrections is a privately-owned company that has businesses […]
Louisiana Struggles With Testing Supply Chain as COVID-19 Cases Rise
July 16, 2020A shortage of raw materials needed for machines used to process COVID-19 tests led to testing sites and hospitals in New Orleans and across the state scaling back available testing, […]
Leaked Hospital Memo Warns of Revoking Edwards’ Order
July 15, 2020In a leaked memo from Baton Rouge’s Our Lady of the Lake hospital system, President and CEO K. Scott Wester, warned that there was a campaign to pressure legislators to […]
FEMA Ordered $10.2 Million in COVID-19 Testing Kits It’s Now Warning States Not to Use
July 1, 2020ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has […]
BREAKING: Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions in 5-4 Decision
June 29, 2020In an historic re-affirmation of precedent, the United States Supreme Court held that Louisiana’s admitting privileges law for abortion providers was unconstitutional today. In this case, captioned June Medical Services […]
New Orleans Health Director Concludes Recent Coronavirus Cases not Linked to Protests
June 24, 2020Any conservative saying that New Orleans’ Black Lives Matter and prison reform protests have had any effect on the recent coronavirus spikes will have to take up their opinions with […]
The COVID-19 Testing Challenge In The United States
June 18, 2020America’s response to the novel coronavirus has been hampered by the shortage of testing kits, killing nearly 82,000 people and infecting more than 1.7 million individuals. Conduct of widespread […]
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