BY DEANNA B. NARVESON | Staff writer Leeville is at the forefront of Louisiana’s coastal land loss crisis, which has robbed the state of land the size of Delaware over the last century — among the highest rates in the world. In 2021, Ida destroyed what was left of the small fishing village. The problem has long been a priority for the state, and now the NFL is lending a hand ahead of next weekend’s Super Bowl. On Monday, a group left the bustling pre-Super Bowl streets of New Orleans for Leeville, where they installed an oyster reef and planted marsh grasses as part of a coastal restoration effort. Read the full story about how the Super Bowl is helping garner attention for Louisiana's coast. Shield laws: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, days after a physician in the state was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in Louisiana. The move came after a grand jury in West Baton Rouge Parish indicted New York Dr. Margaret Carpenter and her company on Friday for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor. Read more. LSU fires back: The legal battle has intensified over LSU’s decision to suspend a tenured law professor who used profanity while criticizing Gov. Jeff Landry, with the university urging a judge to “diffuse the public fiasco.” See the latest. | 