New Orleans’ levee authority is starting a special police unit armed with semi-automatic rifles and trained in SWAT tactics, according to an internal memo and agency officials, a change it says is ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A resounding majority of New Orleans voters express at least some confidence in the area’s hurricane protection system, according to the results of a FOX 8 News/Mason-Dixon poll.

A move to get the State Bond Commission to act Thursday to approve a fall election for New Orleans voters to renew a 5.46-mill property tax for the Orleans Levee District has run into criticism from ...