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Archdiocese of New Orleans Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve Hurricane Katrina-related F 0 Eugene Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 2757
Federal Court Orders Louisiana Farm, Owners to Stop Retaliation After Operator Denied ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 Nov 2021 14 2002
Louisiana Deputy Who Slammed a Black Woman on the Pavement Was Named in Multiple Suits, Records Show 0 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 2288
Louisiana's teacher shortage is raising alarms: 'Fewer teacher candidates than ever' 5 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 2466
Using extra budget money, Louisiana deposits first $205 million into fund aimed at stability 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1990
Plaquemine woman bilked $500K from taxpayers through fraudulent PPP, unemployment claims, feds say 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1343
Should New Orleans standardize Carnival parade routes? Here's what a Mardi Gras expert thinks 4 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1792
Feds push for prison time for ex-Saints player Joe Horn, who pleaded guilty to health care fraud 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1402
Louisiana Bond Commission delays refinancing of state debt over 'gun rights' questions 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 1316
Former university president accused of violating Oregon law with response to LSU scandal 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1435
Louisiana higher education board troubled by number of TOPS recipients from millionaire households 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1481
Boo! Thousands crowd New Orleans streets for 1st parade 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1408
Beyonce and Jay-Z selling former church in New Orleans. People have a lot of questions 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 1713
A Black state trooper spoke out about police brutality. Louisiana police want to fire him. 0 LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1804
New Orleans Mardi Gras 2022 decision expected in October, city says 1 zuul Sep 2021 Sep 2021 0 1330
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D) extends statewide mask mandate through Oct 27 0 zuul Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1240
Both Louisiana Sens. Cassidy And Kennedy Vote Against Disaster Relief For Their Own State 3 634-5789 Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 2008
5 injured in explosion at Louisiana chemical plant 0 zuul Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1300
New Orleans man, frustrated over slow trash collection, in custody after threats to shoot mayor 4 zuul Sep 2021 Sep 2021 1 1868
Retired Lt. General Russel Honor says he survived fiery I-10 crash 3 zuul Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 2195
Class-action lawsuit against filed against Louisiana energy company after Hurricane Ida 1 zuul Sep 2021 Sep 2021 1 1439
Oldest US veteran of WWII celebrates his 112th birthday 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 1534
As blue roofs near installation in Louisiana, state leaders push for wider qualifications 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 1 1664
Eight days after Hurricane Ida, 71 percent of New Orleans electricity restored 12 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 29 3401
Louisiana nursing home owner who warehoused patients is a political donor 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 1713
Louisiana Shell refinery left spewing chemicals after Hurricane Ida 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1197
Gatherings, evacuations during and after Ida worry epidemiologists as COVID delta surge continues 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 5 1145
Portions of Louisiana may remain without power through Sept. 29 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1705
New Orleans music venue serves meals to residents without power 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1319
Looks like my LA kin made it through Ida ok. 3 Croney Aug 2021 Aug 2021 9 1687

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CURRENT CDC DISASTER SHELTER GUIDANCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 4 BumRushDaShow Aug 2021 Aug 2021 9 2135
As if we are not suffering enough from 5 locks Aug 2021 Aug 2021 11 2143
Ochsner Health delayed 1,160 surgeries/med procedures over last week - beds full with COVID patients 1 zuul Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1806
LA GOV announces Shot For $100, an incentive program giving $100 to first 75,000 college students 6 zuul Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1857
I got my 'Vaccine Passport' via an app from the Louisiana Dept of Health. 2 zuul Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1394
How should courts handle 900 claims in Baton Rouge Ponzi scheme lawsuit? It's complicated. 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1473
Louisiana Board of Ethics has not collected millions in late fees 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1062
Here Comes the Rain Again--Will Lake Charles, Louisiana, become America's latest climate sacrifice? 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 2086
Childrens Hospital New Orleans is reporting a 'staggering number' of COVID cases in children. 8 zuul Jul 2021 Jul 2021 11 3942
In pushing a transgender sports ban, Louisiana Republicans manufactured a war and lost it 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1998
Louisiana's historic veto override session: Winners and losers 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 8 1722
Louisiana lawmakers sign off on 'Caesars Superdome' name 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1276
COVID-19 numbers increasing the fastest in Louisiana, Gov. Edwards says 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1668
NOLA Public Schools to require masks amid delta variant surge 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1134
Prisoners at David Wade Correctional facility went on hunger strike to protest conditions, alleged 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1386
New Orleans 'strongly recommends' masks as COVID-19 cases rise 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1212
Charges dropped against activists protesting Louisiana pipeline 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1262
Flamboyant former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards dies at 93 3 peppertree Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 2038
Lawyers win mandatory bar dues battles in Texas, Louisiana 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1689
New Orleans approves $15 minimum wage for city contractors, but city employees say they deserve the 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 2000
These 3 New Orleans parks, 1 street to get renamed after council vote; Fats Domino among new names 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1881
Southern University in Baton Rouge is 'falling into the river' and needs $32 million to stop erosion 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 2196
Louisiana police leaders blocked charges against trooper involved in Ronald Greene's death 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1643
Louisiana Senate president supports session to override veto on transgender sports ban 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1249
Louisiana Democratic Party loses another state lawmaker 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1652
Pay raises for Southern and UL system's faculty and staff coming this year 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1297
Jimmy Fitzmorris, Louisiana politician who lost squeakers for mayor, governor, dies at 99 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1246
Louisiana state worker insurance to cover obesity surgery after governor signs bill into law 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1316
Flash flood warning in Greater New Orleans area through 2:00 pm 8 zuul Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 2012
Severe T-storm Warning in effect for New Orleans area, flash flooding 2 zuul Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1625

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'Tell the truth,' Xavier University's president says of struggle to vaccinate returning students 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 2217
Marathon Petroleum cut nearly 2,000 jobs - and reaped $2.1B in pandemic benefits 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1274
Baton Rouge, La., to pay $4.5M to settle lawsuit over Alton Sterling's death 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1896
John Bel Edwards: We need the Mid-Barataria diversion to help save our coast 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 2086
Louisiana lawmakers support concealed carry without permit 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1537
President Joe Biden approves disaster declaration for Louisiana after severe weather 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1558
Trump endorses Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, but says Sen. Bill Cassidy 'went stupid' 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 2020
Louisiana lawmakers vote to allow people convicted of felonies on juries 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1239
Louisiana Republicans block qualified immunity bill, setting aside months of bipartisan work 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 10 1492
1-year-old girl, 2 others slain at Louisiana swimming pool 2 left-of-center2012 Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1872
Illegal piranha found in Louisiana State University lake 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 3 2076
On this day, May 23, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died, outside Gibsland, Louisiana. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 May 2021 3 2217
Police release all body-cam footage related to Black man's deadly arrest in Louisiana 4 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 5 2214
Edwards refuses request to end federal jobless aid for now 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 2259
Bill to allow environmental self-audits by industries passes House 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 1246
Flooding in Southwest Louisiana prompts Gov. Edwards to issue emergency declaration 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 1364
Ray Garofalo won't get to pass his shaky grasp of history down to Louisiana's students 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 6 2660
President Biden to visit Louisiana to pitch infrastructure plan, state Republicans resist 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 5 1916
Louisiana lawmakers plan $1,000 pay raises for K-12 teachers, doubling previous proposal 1 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 2089
Federal grand jury returns indictment against former Shreveport police officer 3 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 12 2301
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