Louisiana

States are spending rural health dollars on tech startups, betting that untested companies will succeed where doctors have vanished and hospitals have collapsed.

New York became the first state to impose a moratorium on large-scale data centers, citing grid strain and higher costs for ratepayers.

Freezing temperatures and ice of the past weekend have impacted industries from timber to sugar cane, crawfish to cattle.

The rule is designed to stop the cycle of flood damage, but it’s leading to opposite outcomes in two Louisiana towns.

Farmers are catching less than half of their normal haul. Restaurants are hiking prices for the tiny, lobster-like crustacean, which is threatening neighborhood traditions of gathering around a crawfish boil.

“When I was traveling throughout the South, I visited 11 cities. Every single city had water problems, had a water boil notice within the last year, or had reported having brown water trickling through their faucets,” said reporter Adam Mahoney.

Residents see Mandeville as a model for other at-risk communities.

The sand Glass Half Full creates from processed bottles is repurposed for flood disaster relief and mitigating coastal erosion, among other things.

High prices are driving even more drilling in areas where fracking took off in the 2000s.

A New Orleans-based journalist and homeowner reflects on Louisiana’s long road to recovery and its “care” infrastructure.