Michael McEwen

A federal flood insurance program covering nearly 500,000 Louisianans is on hold after Congress let it expire Tuesday night.

Around 15,000 properties in Lafayette Parish are insured through the NFIP. Louisiana has the highest repetitive flood losses in the country.

There was a time back in the 1980s when overfishing had decimated popular fish like red snapper and grouper in the Gulf. Today, we hear the remarkable success story of how unlikely partners joined forces to save an industry and an ecosystem through a controversial program called catch shares.

Representatives for the locally-owned Smitty’s said the EPA and the LDEQ will still offer guidance as they resume control of the now charred and empty site.

New Orleans residents are preparing for a possible deployment of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents to the region, even though the agency won't say whether or not it is actually coming.

Proponents for the change say it will help the state be competitive for major developments. Critics, however, say it weakens long-standing consumer protections.

The find, announced by Shell and INEOS, comes more than two weeks after the Trump administration held its first of 30 offshore oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted Wednesday (April 15) to expedite the application for seven new natural gas power plants that would

WWNO’s Michael McEwen spoke with Samantha Pourciau,  a senior staff attorney at the Promise of Justice Initiative, about the case.

WWNO/WRKF Coastal Desk reporter Michael McEwen spoke with Jay Grymes, Louisiana’s state climatologist, about the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.