Louisiana social worker fights state red tape blocking her from helping special needs kids

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Maria Bartiromo interviews EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ to discuss the Trump administration’s significant deregulation actions, including the rollback of Obama-era greenhouse gas rules. A New Orleans social worker is refusing to give up her fight to open a respite facility for children with special needs after Louisiana denied her application and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up her earlier challenge. The dispute is now headed back to court in a new state lawsuit filed March 18. Ursula Newell-Davis, a licensed social worker with more than 25 years of experience, has devoted her career to helping children in the "trenches" of her community. As the mother of a 20-year-old son with autism, she knows firsthand the isolation families face. "I know that a lot of people do not like to work with that population. They're