Alex Lubben

Officer Rylee Daniels unholstered her taser and yelled, “You’re going to get tased!” She took aim not at a human being but at the green and yellow outline of a figure, a target in the conference room at the Orleans Levee District Police Department. She fi... See more

On the eve of oral arguments in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that could determine the fate of dozens of lawsuits that seek billions in damages to repair Louisiana’s eroding coastline, Justice Samuel Alito has recused himself, citing a financial conf... See more

Yet another board member of a key New Orleans area flood protection authority has resigned, the seventh person to depart the nine-member body in a year. Michael Schnell, vice president of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East’s board, se... See more

Downriver from New Orleans, behind heavy doors in grass-covered bunkers that stored artillery during World War II, are millions of dead fish. They're preserved and cataloged in rows of glass jars, each one a time capsule, a specimen pulled from a particul... See more

A new EPA proposal could leave nearly 4 million acres of Louisiana wetlands without federal protection. Here’s what the rule would change — and where the impacts could fall.