THURS 11/19 | A federal ruling about the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet could put pressure on the Obama administration to help settle claims for damages that could reach into the billions of dollars. More...

THURS 11/19 | Sen. Harry Reid's health bill is out, and now all eyes are on key senate swing votes like Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana. Given her mixed messages on health reform, which way will she go -- and what will it mean for her career? More...

WED 11/18 | Policy-makers have focused on housing to jump-start New Orleans' sluggish recovery, but a new report finds nearly half of the city's employee's make less than $35,000 a year -- a big barrier to finding an affordable home. More...

More than 1,000 uninsured people showed up for a free health clinic at the city's Convention Center on Saturday -- some of whom were very sick but hadn't seen a doctor in years. Did the politicians notice? More...

A New Orleans resident facing eviction barricaded himself in his apartment last week and fired an assault rifle into his neighborhood. As Jordan Flaherty of Justice Roars reports, the incident highlights the housing crisis that's deepening in that city and others around the nation. More...

Is New Orleans' housing crisis a human rights violation? United Nations Special Rapporteur on Housing Raquel Rolnik will be in New Orleans this week gathering evidence. More...

Documents obtained by a watchdog group show a severe breakdown in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers management of its contractors tasked with clean-up projects in southern Mississippi in the aftermath of Katrina. More...

This week the Galveston Housing Authority finally announced plans to rebuild 569 housing units of public housing. But the decision has met controversy from all sides, with the most recent public meeting on the rebuilding plan ending in a yelling match. More...