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3 days ago | wwno.org | Diane Mack |Alana Schreiber

Louisiana is the only state where students have gotten better at reading since 2019. Officials credit new laws, and now, the final piece is taking effect: holding back third graders who are behind in reading. Education reporter Aubri Juhasz explains how schools are trying to help kids pass the test. Then, she joins WRKF’s Karen Henderson to follow up on the state’s new third-grade reading law. Four ensembles are gearing up to open the New Orleans Ballet Association’s 2025-26 season.

4 days ago | wwno.org | Athina Morris

Whether it’s helping an aging parent, supporting a partner through illness or raising a child with special needs, millions of Americans are providing unpaid care to a loved one. And if they were compensated, it would cost around $600 billion a year. Caregiving, a new PBS documentary premiering Tuesday, June 24, explores America’s caregiving crisis and the emotional and financial toll it takes on caregivers as the need for care grows and resources lag behind.

1 week ago | wwno.org | Bob Pavlovich |Alana Schreiber

It’s official, the LSU Tigers Baseball Team is headed to the College World Series Finals. They clinched in an exciting victory over Arkansas on Wednesday, and will now face Coastal Carolina University in Omaha. If they pull out a win, it will be the Tigers second baseball title in three years. Koki Riley covers LSU baseball and football for The Baton Rouge Advocate. He joins us now from Omaha for more. Climate change is impacting everyone, but indigenous communities are often on the frontline.

1 week ago | wwno.org | Bob Pavlovich |Alana Schreiber

It’s Thursday, and that means The Times-Picayune/The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist Stephanie Grace. Today, she tells us how Senate President Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, pushed back on Gov. Jeff Landry’s agenda during the legislative session, despite his record of sticking to party lines. Climate change is altering the land we live on, and Indigenous communities are on the frontline.

1 week ago | wwno.org | Kat Stromquist

One sunny spring morning, Ronald Olivier is chatting with a reporter on a sidewalk in downtown Baton Rouge. Construction workers freshen blue paint on a nearby curb, and clusters of business people in suits walk past, headed to their lunch breaks. Some years back, Olivier wouldn't have been part of this cityscape. He was still imprisoned at Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly called Angola, where he became a grownup. "When I went in prison, I was 5'11", 131 pounds," he reflected, chuckling.