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5 days ago | wwno.org | Eva Tesfaye

A slim majority of the city’s residents support a stormwater fee to maintain the drainage system, according to a survey from New-Orleans based nonprofit, the Water Collaborative. It shows 57% of residents surveyed support the fee, and 71% are more likely to support it if it’s overseen by a community advisory committee. The poll surveyed 500 residents likely to vote in the upcoming mayoral election–100 from each district.

6 days ago | wwno.org | Julia Simon |Jeongyoon Han

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has ordered a halt to an offshore wind project near the coast of Long Island. Today, Equinor, the Norwegian energy company that owns and operates the project, announced it is complying with the order and suspending all construction. President Trump, a longtime critic of wind energy, issued a moratorium on new development of offshore wind projects, one of his first executive orders upon returning to the White House.

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

It’s Thursday and that means it’s time to catch up on politics with The Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate’s editorial director and columnist, Stephanie Grace. We hear about the latest clashes between Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the Civil Service Commission, and a millage to support the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office. The death penalty has been a major topic in Louisiana ever since the execution of Jessie Hoffman, Jr. one month ago.

1 week ago | wwno.org | Diane Mack |Alana Schreiber

April is National Autism Awareness Month, and in New Orleans, the next few weeks are full of events to promote acceptance of people all across the autism spectrum. Claire Tibbets, executive director of the Autism Society of Greater New Orleans, tells us more about April’s events as well as resources available for the autism community throughout the year. The Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane is returning for its 58th season.

1 week ago | wwno.org | Eva Tesfaye

ST. MARY PARISH, La. — Amid the rapid erosion of Louisiana's coast, something hopeful is happening where the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf. A flow of sediment from a decades-old river diversion has accidentally given birth to new wetlands. While that small delta is dwarfed by what’s washing away all around it, researchers have gained knowledge from Wax Lake Delta that could help save the rest of Louisiana’s coast and contribute to a better understanding of wetland science across the globe.