Elias "Poke Chop" Basse Jr. plans to ride out Francine at his raised home in Barataria. The 75-year-old spent Tuesday morning tying down belongings. "We're just gonna put it in all-mighty Lord's hands, you know what I'm saying?" nola.com/news/hurricane…

Former RTA board chair Mark Raymond used paratransit as personal taxi service, delaying scheduled pickups for other riders and violating RTA guidelines. "When Mark calls, you got to get Mark," one RTA employee said. Great reporting by Blake Paterson nola.com/news/nola-rta-…

🚨BREAKING🚨 The Louisiana Department of Health has forbid its staff from promoting COVID, flu or mpox vaccines. It's a dramatic shift in vaccine policy, and a strict and sweeping ban that applies to all aspects of the health department's work. npr.org/sections/shots…

Heart-wrenching story from Blake Paterson

Thanks Atlanta Journal-Constitution for sending our newsroom much-needed breakfast today. We're continuing full-steam ahead in reporting on the Bourbon Street attack on New Year's Day. Got a news tip? Drop us a line.

.Breaux Mart thanks for the king cake

15 seconds of terror: The untold story of Bourbon Street attack from those who lived through it nola.com/news/terror-on…

Using interviews with nearly two dozen eyewitnesses, surveillance footage, phone videos and social media posts, Blake Paterson, Mike Smith, Jeff Adelson and Josie Abugov reconstruct the before, during and after of the Bourbon Street attack for NOLA.com nola.com/news/terror-on…

Thanks to LSU Manship School of Mass Communication for having Andrea Gallo, Blake Paterson, Jerry DiColo and me to talk about our coverage of the New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street youtube.com/watch?v=848WVH…

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At least five land-based wind farm projects are in the works in Louisiana. Story from Blake Paterson #lalege #lagov theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

Everyone agrees Louisiana needs rules for solar farms. No one yet agrees what they should be. (From ⁦Blake Paterson⁩) #lalege theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

The New York Times lands one of the best data guys out there, New Orleans' own Jeff Adelson nytco.com/press/jeff-ade…

A Tulane University researcher at an environmental law clinic resigned citing university censorship of pollution and racial disparity research. Emails obtained by The Associated Press show elected officials told Tulane that the clinic was an "impediment" to supporting requests for state funding.

Federal grand jury indicts New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell after years-long investigation nola.com/news/politics/…