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

The NOLA Public Schools district earned its first B letter grade since the schools returned to the district’s control in 2018 ...

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 ...

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 scale them back or end them entirely.

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

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 ...