After a decade of haggling, disposing, redesigning and modifying, the state’s Public Service Commission finally approved an energy efficiency program in August. Today on @LAConsidered, we learn how this program can help home-owners and renters save money.

It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to catch up on politics with @NolaNews’ @stephgracela. Today on @LAConsidered, she breaks down the latest polls in the New Orleans mayor’s race.

The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) has released its annual Scorecard, an analysis of how it scores the legislature’s performance on a number of policy issues from a business and industry perspective. We break down the findings today on @LAConsidered.

Louisiana has surpassed its 35-year record high for cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis. Today on @LAConsidered, @rosiewestwood explains why this is particularly dangerous for young babies.

Today on @LAConsidered, we hear how a new AI data center in Richland Parish is transforming a small, agricultural town into a tech hub. We also speak with author and illustrator Alex Beard about his new book of artwork poetry focused on birds.

Renowned painter, author and illustrator Alex Beard is waxing poetic in a new collection of bird artwork and original poems being released this month. We dive into his avian inspiration today on @LAConsiderd.

Earlier this year, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, broke ground on a $10 billion data center for artificial intelligence in the middle of a Louisiana cornfield. Today on @LAConsidered, we learn how the center is transforming Richland Parish.

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The documentary “City of A Million Dreams” explores the history and evolution of the New Orleans jazz funeral. Today on @LAConsidered, director Jason Berry tells us about the making of the documentary, and working with local clarinetist Michael White.

The nonpartisan, public policy organization, Leaders @ForABetterLA, recently released its latest Louisiana Fact Book. Today on @LAConsidered, chief policy officer Barry Erwin breaks down the findings on the state’s wellbeing.

For the first time since Katrina, you can take the train across the Gulf Coast. Today on @LAConsidered, we make four stops on the train’s path, to learn how some areas have seen a rebirth, and others are still figuring out how to rebuild.

It’s Thursday and that means it’s time to catch up with @NOLANews’ @stephgracela. Today on @LAConsidered, we hear about President Trump's proposal to send the national guard to New Orleans, and how @LAGovJeffLandry is responding.

Last month, Second Harvest Food Bank announced its opening of two new facilities in Louisiana, one in Houma and the other in Lake Charles. Today on @LAConsidered, we hear how this expansion will serve more families across the state.

In 2020, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that non-unanimous jury verdicts, previously legal only in Louisiana and Oregon, were unconstitutional. Today on @LAConsidered, we hear what this means — or doesn’t mean — for those already locked up by split juries.

Hurricane Katrina is largely associated with widespread flooding and displacement in New Orleans – but it also devastated coastal Mississippi. Today on @LAConsidered, Michael McEwen takes us to Waveland where some communities are even more vulnerable to storms now.

On Sept. 10, New Orleans’ Culture Collision returns to @ExploreNOMA for an evening that showcases local arts and cultural organizations and their upcoming events. Today on @LAConsidered, we bring you all the behind-the-scenes details.

Today on @LAConsidered, we bring you the story of “Nigel and the Hurricane.” We hear how a pre-K class in Montclair, NJ rallied around a new student who fled from Katrina in 2005. Hear about the book they wrote, and reunite them all, 20 years later. https://t.co/wufx44HN5z

In 2005, a little boy named Nigel Tapp evacuated from Katrina and found himself in a pre-K class in @MontclairNJGov. Today on @LAConsidered, we learn how his classmates wrote a book to raise money for his family, and reunite them 20 years later. https://t.co/wufx44HN5z

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of displaced people were looking for their missing relatives – so a group of tech-savvy volunteers found a way to make that easier. Today on @LAConsidered we speak with the founder of the Katrina PeopleFinder network.

For many members of the Vietnamese community, rebuilding their lives after Hurricane Katrina was a reminder of the rebuilding they did 30 years earlier after the Fall of Saigon. Today on @LAConsidered, we learn how this community bounced after the storm.