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Louisiana’s top school board wants to cancel school accountability grades this year
(The Center Square) – The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has voted to cancel public-school letter grades for…
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Lafourche Parish Woman Charged in Connection with Baby’s Death, Father Previously Arrested
Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre says the mother of an infant girl killed in September 2021 has been charged in…
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Louisiana congressman says environmental regulation will cause infrastructure delays
(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Garret Graves said newly proposed federal environmental regulation will lead to delays and increased…
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UPDATE: Mire Taken Into Custody — Person of Interest Being Sought In Connection with Shootings in Three Parishes
UPDATE: Mire was taken into custody shortly before 10 pm Saturday night. He is also accused of fatally shooting a…
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Louisiana justice commission looks to overhaul court costs next legislative session
(The Center Square) – Louisiana’s court system is facing a cost overhaul, with many fines, fees and charges potentially reduced…
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Gov. Edwards Announces a Temporary State Sheltering Program Option Offering Travel Trailers to Some Families Affected by Hurricane Ida
BATON ROUGE — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that the state of Louisiana, through the Governor’s Office Homeland Security and…
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Edwards expands $100 incentive program for COVID vaccinations
(The Center Square) – Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has expanded a COVID-19 vaccination incentive program, offering $100 to every…
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Congress passes funding bill, bringing Louisiana closer to additional disaster relief
(The Center Square) – Long-awaited supplemental natural disaster aid is on its way to Louisiana after Congress passed a short-term…
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70K Louisiana students remain out of school after Hurricane Ida
(The Center Square) – State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley told lawmakers Tuesday more than 70,000 Louisiana students remain out…
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Edwards extends statewide indoor mask mandate
(The Center Square) – Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has extended a statewide indoor mask mandate, affecting businesses, K-12 schools,…
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Terrebonne Man Charged with Attempted First Degree Murder of Five Troopers
Schriever – On September 25, 2021, shortly before 9:00 p.m., the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations was requested to…
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Terrebonne Parish Man Arrested in Death of Woman, Allegedly Shooting Trooper and Another Man
Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tim Soignet says that shortly before 8:00 pm on Saturday, deputies responded along with Louisiana State Police…
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Louisiana’s disaster aid depends on congressional debt-ceiling fight
(The Center Square) – Federal disaster aid remains elusive because of political gamesmanship in Washington as Louisiana residents struggle through…
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Louisiana’s unemployment rate doesn’t paint accurate picture
(The Center Square) – A new federal jobs report shows Louisiana’s employment growth in August was negligible despite an outsized…
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Health care employees sue Louisiana hospitals over employer COVID vaccine mandates
(The Center Square) – More than 80 health care workers are suing two Louisiana hospital chains over the health systems’…
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Landry posts links to opt-out forms for Louisiana university students facing COVID vaccine mandates
(The Center Square) – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry posted links to exemption forms for students facing COVID-19 vaccine mandates…
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Louisiana lawmakers slam AT&T for emergency communication failures
(The Center Square) – A bipartisan panel of state legislators slammed telecom giant AT&T for failing to appear Monday at…
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Louisiana Legislature holds first redistricting meeting, pledges transparency
(The Center Square) – Lawmakers gathered at the Louisiana Capitol on Friday to hold the state’s first redistricting meeting since…
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Edwards’ Ida-related order also prevents evictions statewide
(The Center Square) – When Gov. John Bel Edwards issued an executive order suspending legal deadlines in the aftermath of…
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DSNAP Approved for Residents in 25 Louisiana Parishes Hit by Hurricane Ida
BATON ROUGE, LA, September 14, 2021 – The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received federal approval September…
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Least Educated Metro Area in Louisiana
College enrollment has declined steadily in the United States in recent years. With rising tuition costs and surging student debt,…
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Landry commits to challenging federal employer vaccine mandate in court
(The Center Square) – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said he will challenge President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 employer vaccine mandate…
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Gov. Edwards Declares State of Emergency in Advance of Tropical Storm Nicholas
BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Sunday declared a state of emergency for Louisiana in advance of Tropical Storm Nicholas, which…
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Tropical Storm Nicholas Forms in the Gulf of Mexico
…TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS FORMS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO… …TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS AND WATCHES ISSUED FOR THE COASTS OF…
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Tropical Depression Likely to Form in Gulf
The National Hurricane Center says showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low pressure over the southwestern Bay of…
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Louisiana State Park Facility Update During Hurricane Ida Recovery
BATON ROUGE, La. – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and Louisiana State Parks have finished surveying all facilities affected by Hurricane Ida.…
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State, FEMA add more Parishes to Blue Roof Program
VICKSBURG, Miss. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is announcing the addition of 10 more southeastern Louisiana parishes to…
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Postal Service Resumes Operations for Most Post Offices in the 700, 701, 703, and 704 ZIP Code Areas
LOUISIANA — The United States Postal Service has announced the resumption of most mail delivery and retail operations, which had been…
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Assumption Parish Now Eligible for Blue Roof Program
VICKSBURG, Miss. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is adding an additional Parish: Assumption Parish for the Blue Roof…
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Replacement SNAP Benefits Approved for 18 Parishes Following Hurricane Ida
BATON ROUGE, LA, September 5, 2021 – Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in 18 Louisiana parishes impacted by…
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