Posts Tagged ‘katrina’
Reporting: Gulf Coast could be poised for comeback
After five years, there are still so, so many questions: Can the Gulf Coast make it all the way back — not just from Hurricane Katrina, and not just from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and not just from the recession, but from the toxic multiplier effect of all three?
The answer to all of those questions, Gulf Coast leaders, environmental scholars and economists say, is yes.
Full story (Alex Johnson/msnbc.com)
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Reporting: Hundreds of millions in Katrina funds remain unspent
Five years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed more than 200,000 Louisiana homes, the state program established to help families rebuild still hasn’t paid out more than three-quarters of a billion dollars and has come under fire from a federal judge for discriminating against black homeowners.
Full story (Alex Johnson/msnbc.com and Kiran Chawla/WDSU)
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Alex Johnson - Journalist at Large 