Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards rolled out an executive budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year that features significant new investments in education at every level and infrastructure projects.
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With winter weather heading for parts of southeast Louisiana, government offices and schools are in the process of deciding whether to close or remain open. -
Parts of southeast Louisiana should brace for icy rain starting Thursday and freezing temperatures until Monday. Affected areas will include the greater Baton Rouge region and the northshore of Lake Pontchartrain.
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It's been three years since the last New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival took place in the New Orleans Fair Grounds due to the coronavirus pandemic canceling two years of festival activities. But event organizers said it's coming back in 2022.
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Louisiana Treasurer John Schroder is running for governor in 2023 to replace the term-limited Gov. John Bel Edwards, according to an announcement Wednesday.
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It takes Gary Chambers no time at all to get to the point in his newest, and unprecedented, campaign ad for a seat in Congress: the video opens with the Baton Rouge activist talking about — and smoking — marijuana.
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Louisiana reached a pandemic milestone on Tuesday, with the state health department reporting more than 1 million positive COVID-19 cases.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations are now twice as high in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama as they were two weeks ago, contributing to now record hospitalization numbers nationwide.
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Ski industry conglomerate Vail Resorts is pushing back against criticism over staff pay and other operational struggles due to labor issues made worse by the omicron surge.
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President Biden has threatened serious sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine, and 8,500 U.S. troops have been put on heightened alert. We examine what this crisis means for the White House.
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The U.S. and NATO are readying troops for possible deployment to Eastern Europe to deter Russia from invading Ukraine. The Kremlin says Western governments and media are creating "hysteria."
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From her apartment's rooftop in Buenos Aires, Argentina, photographer Lucía Vázquez documents the meaning of long-time friendships that have become as close as sisters.
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There's an opening for the next landlord of Piel Island, which is about half a mile off England's northwestern coast. A big responsibility will be running a centuries-old pub called The Ship Inn.
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