Louisiana Considered

Tune in to @WWNO and @WRKF at noon to listen to the first episode of Louisiana Considered, where we'll cover @SenBillCassidy's decision to convict Trump, today's winter storm, and 2021's unusual Mardi Gras.

Peter Robins-Brown of @LAProgress: "I don't think theres a way to do completely non-partisan redistricting."

On today's @LAConsidered, Al Jazeera News Senior Producer @YoungRJeremy discussed a new documentary about criminal convictions in Louisiana made under a Jim Crow-era law that allowed juries to convict without a unanimous decision. LISTEN HERE: wwno.org/show/louisiana…

Today at 12 p.m. CDT: Tune in to @wwno @laconsidered to hear @ajfaultlines producer @YoungRJeremy discuss this story, a collaboration with The Lens.

Fault Lines senior producer @YoungRJeremy will be on today's edition of @LAConsidered on @WWNO to discuss "The Jim Crow Convictions" — our investigation with @TheLensNOLA into the ongoing impact of non-unanimous juries in Louisiana. Tune in at 12 CT: wwno.org/show/louisiana…

This afternoon at 110pm EST I’ll be on @WWNO @LAConsidered discussing our new story about #JimCrowConvictions in Louisiana

.@bmisick: "Because of down phone lines...people held in the jails were not able to speak with their attorneys or family members for weeks."

Big Friday show on Louisiana Considered at 12p. - @RepTroyCarter on the latest in DC. - @Alanah_ACLU on calls for criminal justice reform across La. Tune in w/ @Patrick_Madden + @stephgracela on @wwno + @wrkf.

Co-hosts of @LAConsidered's politics roundtable @Patrick_Madden and @stephgracela spoke with @TannerDMagee about the dire need for resources in the state's bayou communities and river parishes. Read or listen to the full story: bit.ly/3AYSZFU

Coming up on Louisiana Considered at 12p - @RichardAWebster joins as ACLU calls for investigation after his investigative report on JPSO. - @SteveBisaha on what the state's power situation looks like 1 month after Ida. - The search for the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

Coming up on Louisiana Considered at 12p - @TannerDMagee on the crisis in Houma after Hurricane Ida. - @RichardAWebster convo on his year-long investigation into JPSO with @propublica - @stephgracela + @Patrick_Madden hosting. Tune in!

@Nola_Hilf "We need to make sure that the system failures that happened during Ida...don't occur again."

.@Nola_Hilf: "Why did our emergency services not have that necessary cellular and phone connectivity during the storm?"

Dr. Chelsea Gallo, assistant Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra conductor and new host of LPO Radio Hour: "When you're actually on the podium, its an incredible responsibility to take care of [everyone in the orchestra]."

Coming up on Louisiana Considered at 12p: - Q&A about blue tarps w/ the Army Corps of Engineers. - @rc_nelsen's trash parade story - @emily_woodruff_ on how people living with disabilities were left vulnerable during Ida. Read her story here: nola.com/news/healthcar…

Coming up on Louisiana Considered: - @stephgracela on the garbage mess. - @pbraun1 on the politics at play at the bond commission.

Jim Blackburn, Environmental Law professor at @RiceUniversity, on the acceptance of the reality of climate change among Texans: "We have been late to come to that recognition, and I think we will be paying for that...with the consequences of not thinking about it."

Today at 12p: - Jim Blackburn, env. law professor @RiceUniversity, look backs at Hurricane Harvey - Meteorologist Lauren Nash explains the @NWS in Slidell's decision to move its weather radar 30mi west - @rc_nelsen discusses Nola's temporary trash station

.@AubriRuth: "Last week dozens of parents and advocates took their concerns [about in-person learning] to the Orleans Parish school board."

Tune in to hear yours truly discuss my story on how rural louisiana is confronting the delta surge with some of the lowest vaccination rates in the state

Coming up on @LAConsidered: - CBS News correspondent @DavidBegnaud on what he's seeing in La. hospitals as delta variant rages. - @samkarlin of @NOLAnews on vax hesitancy in rural Louisiana. Read his piece here: theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne… Tune in at 12p on @wwno + @WRKF