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Too many local news outlets have disappeared in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. The Gulf States Newsroom was created to ensure that stories related to health care, criminal justice, the economy and other important issues continue to be told. WWNO and WRKF in Louisiana, WBHM in Alabama, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, and NPR are working together as a regional newsroom to plan coverage, share resources and add reporting power in a story-rich region that has for too long gone under-covered.
The Gulf States Newsroom thanks those who make our work possible through their support, including: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, NPR, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, The Commonwealth Fund, Moises Itzkowich Foundation, Theresa McDonald, the Trust for Civic Life, Advancing Democracy, Haberman Foundation, WWNO, WRKF, WBHM, MPB, and individual donors from our region and across the country. To learn more about the Gulf States Newsroom, or to support our work, email
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The Regional Team:
Ryan Vasquez,
acting managing editor based at WWNO in New Orleans
Orlando Flores Jr.
, deputy managing editor based at WWNO in New Orleans
Kat Stromquist
, senior reporter covering justice, incarceration and gun violence based at WWNO in New Orleans
Drew Hawkins
, senior reporter covering public health based at WWNO in New Orleans
Nellie Beckett
, community engagement producer based at WBHM in Birmingham
Joseph King
, sports and culture reporter based at WBHM in Birmingham
Elise Catrion Gregg
, community engagement reporter based at MPB in Jackson
Marci Schramm
, development director based at WWNO in New Orleans
Andrea Miller
, business manager based at WBHM in Birmingham
WBHM News Team
WWNO News Team
MPB News Team
Public Health
Mississippi lawmakers veer away from recommendations for nearly $60M in opioid settlement funds
Drew Hawkins
Lawmakers adjusted funding amounts, added organizations that had not been vetted and gave themselves broader authority over how the money could be spent.
Politics
Practical barriers, legal complexities stifle Mississippi, Alabama voting restoration efforts
Elise Catrion Gregg
As Mississippi looks for alternatives to its current system of restoring voting rights, one bill was pitched this session using Alabama’s system as a framework.
Local & Regional News
Entergy wants to fast-track $21B Meta deal as PSC commissioner, advocates sound alarm
Drew Hawkins
The Louisiana Public Service Commission is scheduled to take up Entergy's procedural motion at its session on Wednesday (April 15).
Public Health
We’re monitoring the air and water around Meta’s data center in Louisiana. Here’s why.
Drew Hawkins, Jay Marcano (For the Gulf States Newsroom)
Residents around Meta’s data center in Holly Ridge, Louisiana, say the air is brown and the water is rust-colored. The Gulf States Newsroom is starting a monitoring project to test the air quality.
Local & Regional News
Louisiana offers model of voting restoration for Mississippi – but not without complications, advocates say
Elise Catrion Gregg
As advocates and lawmakers in Mississippi look for ways to push automatic restoration in the state, Louisiana offers a model for compromise. But, advocates there say their system comes with trade-offs as well.
Local & Regional News
'A muzzle on elected officials': NDAs 'cloak' Louisiana's biggest business developments
Drew Hawkins
Louisiana officials signed non-disclosure agreements as Amazon's $12 billion data centers unfolded in secret.
Public Health
The opioid crisis ruined their lives. We brought their voices to the Mississippi Capitol
Drew Hawkins
The Gulf States Newsroom traveled across Mississippi and collected 219 written responses from people with lived experience of addiction.
Law
'Citizenship in name only': The fight to restore voting rights for felons in Mississippi
Elise Catrion Gregg
This year, dozens of voting rights bills died in committee, nearly all of them in one day.
Public Health
The community around Meta’s data center has questions. We’re looking for answers.
Drew Hawkins
The Gulf States Newsroom wants to find out what residents in Richland Parish want to know concerning Meta's Hyperion data center's impact on their lives by monitoring and testing the air, water and dust.
Coastal Desk
Louisiana’s LNG exports are driving out fishermen and driving up utility bills across the U.S.
Drew Hawkins, Paul Blest (More Perfect Union)
The multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas industry has reshaped the landscape, the economy and the daily lives of the people who have lived in Cameron Parish for generations.
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Local & Regional News
The long road back to voting restoration in the Gulf South
Politics
Following the opioid settlement money in Mississippi
Sports
Gulf South sports roundup: Teams on the move, NIL and college eligibility
Local & Regional News
Did your elected official sign an NDA? If you live in Louisiana, the answer is yes
Local & Regional News
Restoring voting rights in the Gulf South
Local & Regional News
Why Mississippi Delta farmers are struggling right now
Coastal Desk
How Louisiana’s LNG exports are driving out fishermen, driving up utility bills
Public Health
How Mississippi is spending its opioid settlement funds
Local & Regional News
Officer Clemmons’ Neighborhood
Local & Regional News
How communities are building back in Mississippi after January’s winter storm