This week on Behind The Lens, oily waste from the Smitty’s Supply fire in August has until now been stored and recycled at other sites, but an emergency exemption from the Louisiana Department of ...

Over the past 75 years, more than a dozen Black proprietors have run the First and Last Stop Bar, a longtime gathering spot ...

As a district, NOLA Public Schools improved from a C to a B. The move up appears to be driven by a jump in A-rated schools in ...

The shutdown is over, how did the state do in protecting its most vulnerable. And charters await their fate with state ...

Millions of gallons of oily water and spilled petrochemicals from the Smitty’s Supply fire and explosion have been handled at three different sites, but state officials have granted an emergency ...

The Lens fights to reveal and report on issues that impact the community and the region. Staunchly defending the public's ...

This story was originally published by Stateline. States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions occur while others try to ...

The Lens fights to reveal and report on issues that impact the community and the region. Staunchly defending the public's right to know and deeply committed to sharing our knowledge with the community ...

The Lens fights to reveal and report on issues that impact the community and the region. Staunchly defending the public's right to know and deeply committed to sharing our knowledge with the community ...

The Lens fights to reveal and report on issues that impact the community and the region. Staunchly defending the public's right to know and deeply committed to sharing our knowledge with the community ...

The federal trawling of grants for misaligned priorities has brought in bycatch at Louisiana Tech University.

This story was originally published by Sierra Magazine. In April, Louisiana Tech University ecologist Julia Earl received a distressing notice from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant ...