A prior version of the bill would have scrapped an independent committee that puts forward prospective board members. The new ...

Black New Orleans withstood the battle ... and rising home costs paired with stagnant wages. The levee failures following Hurricane Katrina resulted in citywide flooding and the destruction ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE ... in the area before Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005. She, like tens of thousands of others in the East, lost nearly everything when the levees failed.

In all my years of living, I had never heard New Orleans like that.” This is how Ausettua AmorAmenkum, 69, recalls her return to her home, following the destruction Hurricane Katrina brought ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Before Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans had more than 7,000 public housing units, according to a congressional report. Though largely spared from the storm’s winds and ...

NEW ORLEANS ... the city during Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2005, were just too much for the flood walls to handle. That led to the failure of the wall in two places and a levee that sent ...

He won awards for pioneering journalism on the hurricane vulnerability of New Orleans. Then Katrina hit and washed the awards away.

An annual national conference on the evolving threat of hurricanes kicked off in New Orleans on Monday ... recounting lessons learned during Hurricane Katrina and the critical importance of ...

New Orleans shines as the focus of Essence Magazine's May, June issue marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina. The covers of the magazine serve as a heartfelt love letter to the Crescent City ...

WE ARE TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM THE START OF HURRICANE SEASON, AND WORK IS ALREADY UNDERWAY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE PREPARED. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CONFERENCE KICKED OFF TODAY IN NEW ORLEANS ...