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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards knew a Black motorist died in police custody in May 2019, hours after it happened, but remained quiet during his reelection campaign as troopers told a different narrative
A political scientist said Robert Greene's case and the bodycam footage would have impacted two of …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Live updates: Hurricane Ida forecast to land in the Gulf Coast on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
This GOES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at 10:20 p.m. EDT, and pr…
Morgan Keith
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Louisiana governor vetoes anti-trans athlete bill: 'Discrimination is not a Louisiana value'
Louisiana Gov. John Edwards vetoed legislation Tuesday that would have barred transgender youth fro…
Natalie Musumeci,Charles Davis
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The Louisiana judge who appeared to use racial slurs in a home video is taking an unpaid leave of absence, her attorney says
"Judge Odinet is humiliated, embarrassed, and sorry for what she has done," Dane Ciolino, the lawye…
DeArbea Walker
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The Supreme Court refused to get involved in the case of a Louisiana pastor who ignored the governor's order banning large gatherings
Louisiana Pastor Tony Spell openly violated the governor's order prohibiting gatherings larger than…
Connor Perrett
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John Bel Edwards was narrowly re-elected as governor of Louisiana. He's not a typical Democrat.
Not only is Edwards a unique politician who strays from the Democratic party platform, but the Loui…
Kat Tenbarge
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Live Results: Republican incumbent Sen. John Kennedy beat a slate of challengers in Louisiana's US Senate election
Kennedy, one of six Republican senators who voted to sustain an objection to Arizona's electoral vo…
Hanna Kang
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75,000 Louisiana college students can receive $100 for getting a COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Edwards says
All higher education institutions are eligible. Details will vary by institution, but students shou…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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15 states mostly led by Republicans refuse federal funds to feed hungry children during the summer months
Several Republican-led states told BI they have existing programs to feed children during the summe…
Katie Balevic
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The Mississippi River's flow is the weakest it's been in 35 years. Seawater overtaking the river could make New Orleans' drinking water too salty for months.
The Mississippi River hit its lowest flow rate since 1988, allowing a saltwater wedge to surge in f…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Katie Hawkinson
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Dozens of jailed kids, nearly all of them Black, must be removed from a former Louisiana death row unit after facing cruel punishment, judge says
The children have been incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, the nation's largest adult…
Katie Hawkinson
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US Army engineers are dredging the dwindling Mississippi River 24/7 and battling seawater creeping upstream toward New Orleans' drinking water
The Mississippi River is low, following another year of drought. This threatens the international s…
Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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How Democrats can win big in red states
Tuesday's results show that Democrats can still win in places Biden or future Democratic presidenti…
Brent D. Griffiths,Walt Hickey
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Louisiana governor allows ban on transgender athletes to become law, despite previously describing the bill as 'a solution in search of a problem that simply does not exist'
Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed a law banning trans athletes from competing in women's sports last yea…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Supreme Court sides with Louisiana GOP in redistricting fight, orders state to use congressional map accused of suppressing Black votes
The high court's three liberal justices — Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, and Elena Kagan &m…
Natalie Musumeci
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Louisiana governor posthumously pardons Homer Plessy from infamous 'separate but equal' Supreme Court case
Plessy v Ferguson was a case argued in the US Supreme Court in 1896 which became the catalyst for a…
DeArbea Walker
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Louisiana board stalls New Orleans flood aid over city officials' position on abortion
The Louisiana State Bond Commission voted to temporarily halt a $39 million line of credit for a Ne…
John L. Dorman
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Baton Rouge's largest hospital has reportedly run out of hospital beds due to COVID-19 spike in Louisiana
"These are the darkest days of this pandemic. We are no longer giving adequate care to these patien…
Azmi Haroun
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Louisiana lawmakers drop murder penalty for women in controversial abortion bill
According to The Associated Press, the state House voted 65-26 on Thursday to remove the criminal p…