Several bars, restaurants join in suit to strike down New Orleans' smoking ban ~Jeff Adelson & Tyler Bridges, N.O. Advocate

Sitting ducks: FEMA elevation standards leave us vulnerable to the next big flood ~K.C. King, The Lens

The Other Gulf Oil Disaster: Chronic Offshore Pollution ~Sky Truth
~Map shows other oil spills since the BP disaster

The Battle for New Orleans ~Eric Velasco, Politico

FEMA OKs nonfederal levees in N.O. East

BP's oil spill payments: Are they enough? ~David Hammer, WWL


Fish supplies are good 5 years after BP spill, but there are other problems ~Rob Masson, WVUE

Decade-old oil leak in Gulf of Mexico may be far worse than reported ~AP, via N.O. Advocate

The Listening Post Asks: Preservation And/Or Development? ~Kate Richardson

NORTH AMERICAN TIRE & RETREAD EXPO

Music Box announces 'Super Secret' concert to accompany New Orleans Jazz Fest ~Doug MacCash

NOLA Life Stories: George Wein's Rocky Road To Jazz Fest ~WWNO

New Orleans bar owners prepare for the April 22 smoking ban and what it will mean for business ~Gambit

Something Beautiful: Shorty Fest Reveals 2015 Lineup ~NOLA DEFENDER

Dennis Persica: Learning to love water, not detest it ~N.O. Advocate

NOizeFest Releases Lineup ~NOLA DEFENDER

State to include sinkholes in disaster planning ~Alexandria Town Talk

Dig a deeper hole ~Library Chronicles

Heart of Louisiana: Grand Isle birds ~WVUE

5 years later, no final word on BP spill's effects ~David Hammer, WWL

Five Years After BP Spill, It's Safe To Eat Gulf Seafood... If You Can Find It ~Lane Kaplan-Levinson, WWNO

Tulane students occupy president's office to protest fossil fuel investments ~Ted Lipinski

Blighted since Katrina, New Orleans East shopping center reopens with 2 businesses ~WDSU

Literary Louisiana ~Jennifer Moses, NYT

Voters to decide on tax hike for public libraries ~Liz Reyez, WVUE

Keith Gee remembered by friends as lifelong Saints fan and Louisiana horse racing advocate ~Katherine Terrell

Sheriff’s Office doesn’t pay deputies for all time worked, federal labor suit alleges ~Charles Maldonado, The Lens

St. Roch Consumer Price Index ~Library Chronicles

IndyCar cancels qualifying in New Orleans ~SpeedCafe.com

Five years later, no final judgment on oil spill’s effect on Gulf wildlife ~The Advocate