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Lawmakers opted to remove the Independent Party to avoid confusion, Secretary of State spokesperson Joel Watson said.
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The future of rural hospitals in Louisiana is being questioned in the wake of Medicaid cuts passed by the GOP.
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Despite being caught in a 2021 video ripping out Shantel Arnold’s hair, sheriff’s Deputy Julio Alvarado failed to report the incident. A new law authored by Arnold’s attorney will mandate excessive-force reporting for all law enforcement agencies.
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Corey Adams was an 18-year-old defensive lineman from New Orleans. Authorities say he was found with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle at an intersection in the Memphis suburb of Cordova on Saturday night.
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Joseph Giaime, head of the observatory, joined Louisiana Considered to talk to us about the event’s significance, and how federal budget cuts could impact his observatory.
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A cash transfer program for high schoolers resulted in better attendance and more financial literacy, but no improvement in grades.
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Earlier this year, the Louisiana Board of Ethics told Gov. Jeff Landry’s political action committee to stop paying for the governor’s membership at the U.S. House of Representatives fitness center.
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Some rural Louisiana towns struggle to find candidates due to unique challenges to holding rural office.
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Nearly all of the employees of a NASA contractor at the Michoud Assembly Facility and Stennis Space Center that faced layoffs at the end of June have been hired by the company that’s been awarded a similar contract.
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State lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to extend the law this year to cover the intentional exposure of other sexually transmitted infections.
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A judge has ordered the release of two Iranian-born LSU students from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, where they have been detained since late June.
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A tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico is bringing heavy rain to Louisiana and Mississippi, but forecasters don’t believe it will strengthen into anything significant.