GRETNA, La. — Southeast Louisiana knows all too well that after a natural disaster hits, it can take weeks, and even years, to recover and rebuild. For the leader of our second most populated parish, ...

On the other hand, Lee Sheng and Walker both said they've had a longstanding relationship with Moreno in her role as a New ...

GRETNA, La. (WGNO) — Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng and other officials held a hurricane preparedness news conference at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, at the Emergency Operations Center.

As President Donald Trump considers an overhaul of the nation’s disaster response efforts, one Louisiana official is poised to have an influential voice in the debate over potential reforms. Jefferson ...

Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng will co-chair a disaster response task force made up of 28 elected officials, county experts and state association officials across the nation, the ...

Jefferson Parish is considering a budget of a little more than a billion dollars. Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng says her ...

Leaders from across Jefferson Parish gathered Oct. 29 at the Alario Center for the annual State of Jefferson luncheon, hosted ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng said raising firefighters’ pay would cost the parish millions of dollars, pointing to a state law that requires proportional increases ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — With hurricane season just weeks away, FEMA is facing another leadership change—and it’s raising alarms among Louisiana officials who rely on the agency when disaster strikes. In ...

John Sillars with Second Harvest Food bank says that even before the government shut down, the organization was already experiencing problems.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Advocate investigative reporter John Simerman was watching as local lawyers launched a legal Hail Mary, trying to ...