 | BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Air quality alert: State officials have issued an air quality alert for much of Louisiana today, including the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas, environmental reporter Mark Schleifstein writes. How smoke from the wildfires in Canada might impact us remains a bit of a question. But there are drought conditions across much of Louisiana, which will increase the chance for local wildfires. Ouch!
Still digging out from Ida: It's been almost two years since Hurricane Ida ripped its way across a swath of south Louisiana. State politics writers Sam Karlin reports that state lawmakers have spent millions of dollars during this legislative session on continued recovery efforts.
'Extreme caution': The NAACP is telling Black and LGBTQ+ persons to use "extreme caution" if they visit Louisiana. The group says legislation making its way through the State Capitol has created a dangerous situation, state politics reporter James Finn writes.
Happy Juvenile: When Essence announced its festival lineup it prompted a Twitter call-out from Juvenile. The New Orleans rapper wasn’t happy to have been left out of the party. He’s happy now. Music writer Keith Spera tells us why.
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