Insightful article @mikejsmith504.bsky.social on the challenges in operating flood-protection spillways along the lower Mississippi River as the climate changes. Guest link: www.nola.com/news/environ...

What does Trump's 'big bill' have to do with Louisiana coastal protection? A provision contained in the bill would increase the amount of money Louisiana receives from offshore oil and gas production www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @mikejsmith504.bsky.social #lalege

Breaking News: The sprawling tax and health care bill that Senate Republicans are trying to pass would add at least $3.3 trillion to the national debt over a decade, the Congressional Budget Office estimated.

15 years today since BP Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, and we're back to "drill, baby, drill" with lax regulations. Meanwhile, research @lumcon.bsky.social demonstrates lasting effects on salt marshes. @mikejsmith504.bsky.social Read this free link. www.nola.com/news/busines...

Here’s @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social’s 2023 profile of Gen. Mark Milley—after The Atlantic published this, Trump floated the idea of executing Milley. If you want to understand why Biden preemptively pardoned Milley, read this: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

“An attitude that ‘the show must go on’ isn’t surprising. Still, it left some New Orleanians expressing a long-standing sorrow that what’s good for the people who visit this city is always prioritized over what’s good for the people who call it home.” www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"If his ISIS links turn out to be less real than he portrayed them, he would follow in a line of attackers who have cloaked themselves in the flag of extremist groups, but who have acted independently, often plagued by personal issues." Via @mikejsmith504.bsky.social www.nola.com/news/crime_p...

Willie Green doing his best coaching job yet. Tanking while not making it look too obvious. Alvin Gentry-esque in its brilliance. Go get that draft pick, Willie.

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Herb Jones is back

Mind-blowing scoop by my colleagues, this. I can't believe that you would voluntarily reveal that a campaign you were a senior member of made decisions in this way: www.ft.com/content/9292...

FROM SHAMS: Another injury blow to New Orleans: Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado is expected to miss six weeks due to a hamstring injury, sources told ESPN. New Orleans is now without Alvarado, Zion Williamson, Herb Jones, Dejounte Murray, CJ McCollum and Jordan Hawkins. https://t.co/8BLBGBTM3W