Louisiana lawmakers voted against requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for K-12 students Monday after hours of misinformation about the virus took over the state health and welfare committee meeting.
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Louisianans are fed up with insurance companies, speaking of their frustrations caused by slow-moving processes, struggles to contact providers and too-small insurance payouts after two years of severe storms. -
Louisiana’s deteriorating water infrastructure needs immediate upgrades but state lawmakers say only $23 million in federal aid has reached local water and sewer systems.
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The fate of abortion in the U.S. appears to be on shaky ground as a divided Supreme Court weighs a Mississippi law. A decision in the case is expected by summer.
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a suit stemming from a 15-week abortion ban passed in Mississippi in 2018. The case will be streamed at 9 a.m. CT.
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LSU has hired Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly as the next head coach for the Tigers football team, the Associated Press reports.
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Monday, Nov. 29, is the final day for south Louisiana residents who were affected by Hurricane Ida to apply for disaster relief from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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As coronavirus cases fall and vaccination rates rise, transportation officials say more people are hitting the roads and taking to the skies to visit family and friends ahead of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
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Winter is coming — and this season of cold weather often comes with an unwanted guest: power outages.
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Venezuelan opponents and U.S. officials were predicting his demise years ago. But Nicolás Maduro and his Socialist Party remain firmly in power.
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The Swords Into Plowshares project, led by the Jefferson School American Heritage Center, a local Black-led nonprofit, involves the statute at the heart of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017.
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Playwright Alice Childress took an unflinching look at racism with "Trouble in Mind" in 1955.
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