New Orleans and nearby St. Bernard Parish, areas that suffered huge population losses after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, are...
Articles by Becky Bohrer
The federal official in charge of rebuilding the Gulf Coast after the 2005 hurricanes said he has submitted his resignation...
A plan to move people living in trailers to apartments and hotels because of concerns about formaldehyde fumes will not...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended by six months the deadline under which it would pay for the demolition...
Pres. George W. Bush has recommended nearly $5.8 billion in federal money for levee work in the New Orleans area,...
Despite slow progress in rebuilding some neighborhoods, New Orleans’ population is nearing 300,000, or about 65 percent of its pre-Hurricane...
Nearly two-thirds of New Orleans’ pre-Hurricane Katrina population has returned, a new report estimates. But Greg Rigamer, the demographer who...
The New Orleans Police Department, headquartered in trailers since Hurricane Katrina destroyed its buildings in August 2005, missed out on...
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were a $100 billion blow to Louisiana buildings and infrastructure, and federal aid and insurance payments...
A former Massachusetts inspector general, who gained prominence for questions he raised about the long troubled Big Dig highway project,...