Readers of NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune, and the St. Tammany Farmer have named St. Tammany Health System’s flagship St. Tammany Parish Hospital the best hospital on the Northshore in the inaugural Best of St. Tammany awards.
It is one of a total of 18 recognitions bestowed upon the health system, including Best Cancer Center, Best Pharmacy and Best Place to Work.
By: Delaney Nolan - Sunday June 22, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
NEW ORLEANS – Every morning, to avoid getting sick, Jessica Baudean must take a long trip across the Mississippi. Baudean, who is disabled, lived in a tent near Tchoupitoulas Street until she received housing support in 2022, and now lives with her partner in an apartment in Avondale.
By: Wesley Muller - June 19, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
Scientists at Southeastern Louisiana University have found dangerously high levels of toxic metals and other contaminants in Lake Maurepas and have traced most of the pollution to industrial and other human activities.
Ochsner Health has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2025 honor by Top Workplaces for Nursing. This list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC. The confidential survey measures the employee experience and its component themes, including employees feeling “Respected & Supported, Enabled to Grow, and Empowered to Execute,” to name a few. Over 2,000 of Ochsner’s nurses participated in this survey.
By: Tristan Baurick, Verite - June 14, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
On a summer night in 2023, an explosion at one of Louisiana’s biggest petrochemical complexes sent a plume of fire into the sky. More explosions followed as poison gas spewed from damaged tanks at the Dow chemical plant, triggering a shelter-in-place order for anyone within a half mile of the facility, which sprawls across more than 830 acres near Baton Rouge.
