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Behind The Lens episode 217: ‘Wetlands may be severed from that historic protection’

Posted October 20, 202300:29:24

A new judicial interpretation of the Clean Water Act leaves more than half of the country’s 118 million acres of wetlands unprotected, including the...

Behind The Lens episode 216: ‘It’s torturous’

Posted October 6, 202300:30:57

This week on Behind The Lens, Calvin Cains died in police custody in June and his mother sought body camera footage from on-scene officers through a...

Behind The Lens episode 215: ‘A striking shock contrast’

Posted September 30, 202300:24:58

St. John the Baptist Parish residents fight the proposed construction of a large industrial size grain terminal, but they may now have some powerful...

Behind The Lens episode 214: ‘That doesn’t happen on this side of the river’

Posted September 15, 202300:34:31

This week on Behind The Lens, a fire at the Marathon refinery in Garyville grabs attention across the river and region, a federal judge rules that officers...

Behind The Lens episode 213: ‘Kids in solitary confinement’

Posted August 25, 202300:33:05

Youth being held on Angola's grounds continue to face challenges and officials have high hopes for a $2.9 billion diversion of the lower Mississippi...