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The Latest Breaking News from Louisiana

EPA opens civil rights investigations over pollution in Cancer Alley

Agency will look at whether Black citizens’ rights were violated in polluted industrial corridor in Louisiana

The Guardian - US · Apr 14, 2022

Karen Peterson resigns from Louisiana State Senate

Karen Peterson (D) resigned from the Louisiana State Senate on April 8 to focus on recovering from depression and a gambling addiction. She represented District 5 from 2010 to 2022. According to The New Orleans Advocate, a federal probe is being conducted into Peterson’s finances and gambling addiction.

Ballotpedia · Apr 13, 2022

Woman accused of hitting school security official with car and evading police is arrested

The school resource officer chased the woman for five miles before she got away

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022

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Back from the dead? Elusive ivory-billed woodpecker not extinct, researchers say

An expedition to the forests of Louisiana say extinction of bird, last definitively seen in 1944, has been exaggerated

The Guardian - US · Apr 13, 2022

The video game of 2022 so far: 'Norco,' a masterpiece of interactive storytelling

The first time we see Norco, Louisiana, in all its pixelated glory, it's in an image that frames smokestacks and refinery equipment like a mechanical city. We're told there's a hum — an "endless sigh" — and we see a soft glow that cancels out the sun and the moon…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 12, 2022

Arch Manning can get paid with NIL deals while still in high school

Louisiana has approved NIL deals for high school athletes, allowing Arch Manning to get paid well before Peyton and Eli were.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 12, 2022

Twenty-one states sue Biden administration over public transport mask mandate

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R), joined by 20 Republican and Democratic attorneys general, filed a lawsuit on March 29, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida that aims to end the Biden administration’s federal mask mandate for public transport. The mandate, issued by…

Ballotpedia · Apr 8, 2022

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ICYMI: Top stories of the week

The race to fill out the remainder of former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s unexpired term was the only battleground among the races we covered on April 5. Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson defeated Robert Donovan. Although the race is officially nonpartisan, Johnson has said he is a Democrat. Donovan described himself…

Ballotpedia · Apr 8, 2022

Police official on leave amid probe over Ronald Greene death

The second-in-command of Louisiana State Police has been placed on leave while an investigation continues into the wiping of his cellphone data during an investigation into Black motorist Ronald Greene’s death

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2022

Louisiana prosecutor pursues own case in Ronald Greene death

No longer waiting for a federal investigation, a state prosecutor says he intends to pursue his own case against the Louisiana troopers involved in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

Social programs weak in many states with tough abortion laws

States with some of the nation’s strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

Ex-sheriff bribery gets 10 years; already has life for rapes

A former Louisiana sheriff has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on a federal bribery conviction

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022

The latest on redistricting and recently enacted legislation

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue:

Ballotpedia · Apr 6, 2022

Sister: Gunmen took 83-year-old nun from bed in Burkina Faso

A Louisiana official for an order of Catholic nuns says 10 gunmen kidnapped an 83-year-old American nun from her bed in the west African nation of Burkina Faso and destroyed almost everything in the house where she lived

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022

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The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022

Storms batter aging power grid as climate disasters spread

Power outages from severe weather have doubled over the past two decades across the U.S. as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms

Ballotpedia · Apr 6, 2022

The latest redistricting news from Louisiana, Maryland, and New York

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The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022

Storms batter aging power grid as climate disasters spread

Power outages from severe weather have roughly doubled over the past two decades across the U.S. as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2022

Fungus that causes fatal bat disease found in Louisiana

A fungus that has killed millions of bats nationwide has been found in Louisiana but has not sickened any bats so far in the state

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Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2022

Popeyes Louisiana fried chicken chain to open first sit-down restaurant in UK

American fried chicken chain Popeyes have announced their plans to open their first sit-down restaurant in the UK, following the success of their space in Westfield Stratford

Al Jazeera · Apr 4, 2022

Three states sue Biden administration over ending Title 42 policy

Missouri, Arizona and Louisiana say the move would lead to a ‘crisis’ at the US-Mexico border.

Ballotpedia · Apr 4, 2022

Louisiana enacts new congressional district boundaries after legislature overrides governor’s veto

Louisiana enacted new congressional district boundaries on March 30 when the state legislature overrode Gov. John Bel Edwards’ (D) veto of legislation establishing the new districts. Louisiana was apportioned six seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, the same number it received after the 2010 census.…

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022

Claw & Hammer, London: ‘The seafood is terrific’ – restaurant review

The City of London may be an unlikely spot to catch the taste of the US south, but wait till you try Claw & Hammer, says Jay Rayner

Benzinga · Mar 31, 2022

B&W Partners With Fidelis To Provide Advanced Technologies To Assist In Development Of Green Fuels

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc (B&W) (NYSE:BW) has partnered with Kiewit Industrial to deliver Fidelis New Energy’s planned net-negative carbon impact biomass power plant at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Deal terms not disclosed. The planned facility, called Project Cyclus, will provide power for Fidelis’ state-of-the-art, 73,000-barrel-per-day Grön Fuels facility. B&W…

Reason · Mar 31, 2022

Veggie 'Meat' Maker Tofurky Wins Free Speech Challenge to Food-Labeling Law

Plus: Meta's campaign to smear TikTok, new research on immigrants and welfare, and more...

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

The United States of Stress: Survey reveals country’s most and least stressed states

According to a new study, the most stressed-out state in the US is Louisiana, while the least-stressed is Utah

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