Gulf Coast

December 7, 2006 - In an appearance before the National Press Club in Washington, FEMA Director R. David Paulison spoke on his vision for a "New FEMA".

December 6, 2006 - A week after a federal judge ruled that the Federal Emergency Management Agency unconstitutionally cut off housing aid to thousands of Hurricane Katrina and Rita victims (a ruling the agency is appealing), a government audit ha

November 30, 2006 - New Orleanians -- those still living in the city as well as those displaced by last year's hurricanes -- will gather Saturday, Dec. 2 at locations across the country to help set priorities for their city's rebuilding.

November 29, 2006 - As many as a third of the people now living in the New Orleans area say they may leave within the next two years due to poor quality of life in the storm-stricken city.

November 27, 2006 - In the chaos that engulfed New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of people arrested for petty crimes such as passing bad checks, begging and public intoxication ended up trapped behind bars for weeks on end without ever seeing a lawyer or judge.

November 20, 2006 - The deepening housing crisis in storm-battered New Orleans is putting the lives of the city's poorest and most vulnerable residents at risk -- and officials so far have failed to take adequate action.

November 15, 2006 - Charging that Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has "hijacked" billions of dollars of federal reconstruction money, a coalition of groups representing Hurricane Katrina and Rita survivors plans to hold a mass protest march in Baton Rouge this Saturday, Nov. 18.