Delaney Nolan

New Orleans

Writing @guardian, @ajenglish, @bbc, @theintercept, @motherjones, @sierra_magazine, @oxfordamerican, etc. Debut novel HAPPY BAD out next fall (Astra, 2025)

Articles

Old split-jury verdicts in Louisiana could be revisited under advancing proposal

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Delaney Nolan

Herman Evans, who spent decades in prison for a crime he didn't commit, embraces a supporter after a Louisiana Senate committee approved a bill Tuesday, April 29, 2025, that would allow persons convicted by a split jury verdict to seek a retrial. In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled split jury verdicts were unconstitutional, but it left it up to states to decide if they would apply the law retroactively to past convictions.
Louisiana considers ‘homelessness courts’ as housing advocates stress lack of resources

2 weeks ago | kplctv.com | Delaney Nolan

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) - A bill to criminalize public camping and create “homelessness courts” in Louisiana passed its first hurdle Tuesday, despite objections from housing advocates and religious groups. Senate Bill 196, sponsored by Rep. Robert Owen, R-Slidell, would make “unauthorized public camping” a crime punishable by six months in jail, a $500 fine or both for the first offense. The second offense imposes a sentence of one to two years in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Delaney Nolan, Author at Oregon Capital Chronicle

2 weeks ago | oregoncapitalchronicle.com | Delaney Nolan

A packed legislative committee meeting erupted with cheers and sobs of joy Tuesday, as a bill advanced a long-awaited remedy for people imprisoned in Louisiana under unconstitutional split-jury verdicts. Senate Bill 218, by Sen. Royce Duplessis, D-New Orleans, would allow people convicted by non-unanimous juries to petition for their cases to be reviewed. The Senate […]
ICE’s new deputy director helped oversee Louisiana’s homeless sweeps

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Delaney Nolan

President Donald Trump selected Madison Sheahan, center, to work as the deputy director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries)This story was originally published by The Appeal. As U.S. homelessness rates reach record highs, President Donald Trump has pledged to ban street camping, relocate unhoused people to privately-managed “tent cities,” and arrest anyone caught violating the new laws.
ICE’s New Deputy Director Helped Oversee Louisiana’s Homeless Sweeps

1 month ago | theappeal.org | Delaney Nolan

As U.S. homelessness rates reach record highs, President Donald Trump has pledged to ban street camping, relocate unhoused people to privately-managed “tent cities,” and arrest anyone caught violating the new laws. But while Trump’s threats certainly sound draconian, they’re not exactly novel.
The Largest Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Is One Step Closer to Completion

1 month ago | sierraclub.org | Delaney Nolan

The much-contested liquefied natural gas terminal Calcasieu Pass 2, also known as CP2, has advanced a step toward completion after the Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright authorized exports to non-free-trade-agreement countries. Green-lighting CP2 is just part of a flurry of LNG approvals from Wright. This marks his fifth liquefied natural gas approval since President Trump took office in January.
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules

1 month ago | zeteo.com | Delaney Nolan

JENA, Louisiana – An immigration judge in Louisiana ruled on Friday that Palestinian student protest leader Mahmoud Khalil can be deported on the basis of a letter from Secretary of State Marco Rubio that says he has personally determined Khalil poses “adverse foreign policy consequences” to the US.
Oil spill response languishes as Louisiana reorganizes its oversight agencies

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Delaney Nolan

A propane-fueled torch sits amid oil and burnt marsh vegetation April 1, 2025, on Weeks Island in coastal Iberia Parish. Evidence of an oil leak – and unsuccessful efforts to clean it – remained visible a month after the incident. (Delaney Nolan for Louisiana Illuminator)WEEKS ISLAND – A month after an oil spill in coastal Iberia Parish, the little island at the edge of Vermilion Bay looks bleak. Footsteps churn up oil mixed with mud and ash.
Judge gives Trump administration deadline to justify Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Delaney Nolan

An immigration judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration has until 5pm on Wednesday to present evidence as to why Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate, should be deported. She said that if the evidence does not support deportation she may rule on Friday on his release from immigration detention. Khalil, a green card holder and leader in the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University last year, was detained on 8 March.
The perilous links between Ukraine’s energy future and Louisiana

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Delaney Nolan

Dr. Olena Yazvuk, director of Horenko Outpatient Clinic in Ukraine, says her hospital's shift to solar energy has been a huge benefit. (Photo by Delaney Nolan)HOSTOMEL, Ukraine – Dr. Olena Yuzvak understands the damage of war like few others. In February 2022, Yuzvak, her husband Oleh, and their son Dima knew that Russian forces had arrived by the sound of explosions. “The full invasion started,” recalled Yuzvak, speaking from a quiet, sunlit room in one of her medical clinics.