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Public officials, experts and advocates agree the fee is needed to make up a funding gap, but are split on how it should be carried out. -
Whether Essence Fest is changing or simply growing depends on who you ask. The Gulf States Newsroom's Tanner Riley attended the 2026 festival. Here's what he saw. -
In the Gulf South, “school choice” programs have promised parents more options. But implementation issues and possible harm to public schools have some worried. -
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The gathering was part of the ongoing UNO Memory Project, a series led by doctoral student Amanda Mester-Brown, who has spent months collecting oral histories from the people who built, studied at and loved the university. -
In his lawsuit, Judge John T. Fuller alleged neither legislative chamber met a constitutional requirement, but the bill was passed and signed into law anyway. -
Education advocates had sued to block the plan but dropped their case Tuesday, citing “uncertain prospects for success.” -
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects the oxygen-depleted zone to be about the size of the state of New Jersey. -
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U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and Jamie Davis, a row-crop farmer in Tensas Parish, won their party runoffs Saturday and will now face off for Bill Cassidy’s U.S. Senate seat in November.
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Three men who were arrested during an immigration operation which resulted in the death of another person are disputing ICE's version of responding to a situation in which the agents felt at risk,
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Scandals have always been a part of politics but the way politicians handle them has changed.
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In Colorado, hundreds of homes have been destroyed, tens of thousands of people evacuated and three wildland firefighters killed in the line of duty. The state is likely in for weeks of extreme fire.
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Democrats are now scrambling to find a replacement candidate.
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Kelly Ramsey worked as a hotshot firefighter in California for two seasons.