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3 days ago | 
wwno.org | Adam Vos |Alana Schreiber
Nearly two dozen violence prevention organizations in Louisiana stand to lose millions in federal funding as a result of recent Department of Justice grant cuts. These organizations include youth programs, substance abuse support, victim advocates, trauma care and more. Josie Alexander, senior Louisiana strategist at Equal Justice USA tells us how these organizations interface with violence prevention and what these cuts could mean.
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1 week ago | 
wwno.org | Adam Vos |Alana Schreiber
Thanks to a new executive order from Gov. Jeff Landry, Louisiana colleges can now pay student athletes directly for name, image and likeness (NIL) deals. The order prohibits the use of state-allocated funds and will remain in effect until federal NIL legislation is enacted. The order after President Donald Trump halted plans to create a college sports commission. Maddy Hudak, deputy editor for Tulane for Sports Illustrated, tells us more about this order and its suspected impacts.
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2 weeks ago | 
wwno.org | Adam Vos |Alana Schreiber
As Congress continues to debate deep cuts to Medicaid, a new report shows that the program has been central to providing health coverage for women of childbearing age. The Georgetown University study found that Medicaid covered nearly half of all births in rural America, and that Louisiana was among the states where women rely on Medicaid most.
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1 month ago | 
wwno.org | Adam Vos |Alana Schreiber
The 151st Kentucky Derby is Saturday, and a jockey from Louisiana is going for a repeat win. Brian Hernandez Jr., a native of Lafayette, won last year’s derby riding Mystik Dan, following a win at the Kentucky Oaks – a race for female horses. At this year’s Derby, he’ll be riding Burnham Square. Right now, the horse has a 16-1 odds of winning.
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1 month ago | 
wwno.org | Adam Vos |Alana Schreiber
Court hearings wrapped up last week in a case brought by inmates working the farm line at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola —an agricultural work assignment, where incarcerated men are forced to work long hours, sometimes in the heat of the summer. The Gulf States Newsroom’s Kat Stromquist has been in court following this story and joins us to share more details.
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1 month ago | 
wwno.org | Adam Vos |Alana Schreiber
If you’re a baseball fan, you know it’s impossible to watch a game these days without hearing about torpedo bats, the new bat design giving Major League hitters unforeseen power. But what is it about these bats that allows players to hit the ball so deep? Louisiana Considered’s Alana Schreiber visited Marucci Sports, a bat company in Baton Rouge, to find out.
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2 months ago | 
wwno.org | Adam Vos |Patrick Sloan-Turner
Over the weekend, the City of St. George voted for its leaders. Interim Mayor Dustin Yates was officially elected, as were city council members who took office unopposed or won their elections. Still, the election wasn’t quite the outcome city officials hoped for, when voters rejected the proposed home rule charter. Patrick Sloan-Turner, political reporter for The Advocate tells us about the irony behind this vote and what happens next.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
wwno.org | Adam Vos
There’s a shortage of specialized nurses who play a critical role in providing care to sexual assault survivors. Particularly in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. They are called sexual assault nurse examiners — or SANEs.As Drew Hawkins reports for the Gulf States Newsroom, one potential solution is to use telemedicine — but it’s currently not available in the Gulf South. College textbooks are expensive.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
wwno.org | Adam Vos
The new year means some new state laws are now in effect. A controversial one requires all public schools, colleges and universities to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Multiple lawsuits have been filed against the law, and a judge issued an injunction in November preventing it from taking effect in several parishes named as co-defendants, along with the state. WWNO and WRKF’s education reporter Aubri Juhasz tells us more.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
wwno.org | Adam Vos |Stephanie Grace
Louisiana’s legislature recently wrapped up its special session on tax reform. We’ve been reporting on the play-by-play as the House and Senate wrangle with proposals to adjust the income tax rate, expand the sales tax and make other changes. The Advocate/Times-Picayune’s editorial director and columnist Stephanie Grace tells us where things landed and how residents might be impacted.
