The move to provide specialized training and new rifles for levee police has drawn concern from watchdog groups and some ...

New Orleans’ levee authority is starting a SWAT-style police unit with rifles equipped with sound suppressors. Critics ...

The police force often supports lakefront neighborhoods, which include schools and retail areas. Rondeno said the new weapons ...

The agency responsible for protecting the city from flooding plans to expand its authority by adding officers armed with ...

It’s Thursday, and time for our Week in Politics with the Times Picayune’s/The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist, Stephanie Grace. Today, we discuss President Trump’s proposal to send the ...

Ida battered Louisiana as a Category 4 with top winds of 150 mph, a tie for 5th strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland U.S. LAPLACE, Louisiana -- Some families near New Orleans have been forced ...

This story, headlined "Corps never pursued design doubts," was originally published Dec. 30, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune's ...

It is a time consuming, high effort and data intensive task to inspect a levee. That means it is also expensive. Thanks to ...