| By DREW BROACH | Deputy metro editor |
BANK FAILURE: The fraud trial of former First NBC Bank CEO Ashton Ryan, Jr. is set to begin Monday in federal court in New Orleans, the culmination of a sprawling investigation into the post-Hurricane Katrina financial darling’s descent into the largest U.S. bank failure since 2008. Read what’s at stake and what to expect from the prosecution and defense. LESSONS FROM THE SWAMP: On the west bank of St. Charles Parish, where the world’s largest freshwater diversion project opened 20 years ago, the willow trees and cutgrass emerging from the muck are in some ways Louisiana’s past brought back to life. They could also be its future. REVISITING 2020: Louisiana might seem an unlikely battleground for allegations that the 2020 election was rigged to steal victory from then-President Donald Trump. After all, Trump won the state’s electoral votes by a huge margin, garnering even more than he did in 2016. But a growing movement of Republicans in Louisiana, some linked to a prominent conspiracy advocate, have spent months pushing a hypothesis that Louisiana’s elections are rife with fraud. Thanks for starting your Sunday with Morning Headlines. Catch the latest news all day on NOLA.com. D.B. | 