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Federal judge extends block on Biden administration’s plans to lift Title 42 border restrictions

WASHINGTON — A Louisiana judge has extended his temporary block of the Biden administration’s plan to lift pandemic-related border restrictions on Monday.

Los Angeles Times

Judge rules that pandemic border restrictions must continue, a win for GOP-led states

A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the Biden administration from lifting the pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42, which were set to end on Monday.

WEKU

Chiefs CB L’Jarius Sneed’s car shot up in hometown of Minden, Louisiana

#Chiefs CB L'Jarius Sneed's car was shot up while he was visiting his hometown of Minden, Louisiana per a new report.

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Judge puts hold on plan to lift Title 42 border expulsion policy - Roll Call

An order Friday by a federal judge in Louisiana halts Biden administration plans to lift the public health directive known as Title 42.

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UGA football offers 4-star pass rusher Kolaj Cobbins

Kolaj Cobbins projects as a 3-4 outside linebacker in Georgia's defensive scheme.

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A ‘bat****’ bill shows how far Louisiana lawmakers will push an anti-abortion agenda

Patients and providers in the state are already navigating some of the most severe restrictions in the US, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Cannabis Regulatory Update: New York, Nebraska, Ohio, Louisiana & Poland

NY Bill Stimulating Business To Utilize Hemp For Industrial Purposes Heads To Gov. Hochul The bill that seeks to stimulate hemp use in packaging, construction and other industrial purposes got the green light from the New York Senate and Assembly.

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3 Louisiana juvenile inmates in custody after escaping, allegedly with help of security guard

Three teenagers who escaped from a juvenile detention center in Louisiana early Saturday morning were recaptured a little after midnight Sunday after police tracked down their getaway car, driven by the security guard who allegedly helped them make a run for it.

Tribune News Service

Criminal Libel Arrest for Criticism of Police Officer Was Unconstitutional

Louisiana's criminal libel law was repealed in 2021, but even before that it had been held unconstitutional as to prosecutions for libels of public officials, and more broadly as to prosecutions for libels on matters of public concern. Judge Jane Triche Milazzo's opinion yesterday in Rogers v. Smith (E.D. La.)…

Reason

Louisiana S. Ct. Precludes Prosecution of Pastor for Violation of Early-Pandemic Gathering Size Limits

From Justice William Crain's opinion today (joined by Justices Scott Crichton, James Genovese, Jay McCallum, and Jefferson Hughes III) in State v. Spell, dealing with a prosecution for actions on March 31, 2020; the court basically applies the U.S. Supreme Court's similar decisions in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v.…

Reason

Missouri. Louisiana. Arizona. Patients are already traveling hundreds of miles to have abortions in Illinois

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. — The call came into the southern Illinois abortion clinic on a recent weekday: A young woman from Missouri was on the line, frantic because she no longer had the money to pay for her $470 procedure, which was scheduled for the next day.

Chicago Tribune

On immigration, advocates say a 'shadow Trump administration' is tying Biden's hands

A federal judge in Louisiana holds a hearing today about the future of Title 42. Immigrant advocates say it's the latest attempt by Republican-led states to block Biden's immigration agenda in court.

WEKU

Brickbat: You Didn't Learn That Here

The Louisiana state Senate Education Committee has approved a bill barring students from accessing pornography or sexually explicit material on public university WiFi or internet services. State Sen. Beth Mizell, R–Franklinton, the author of the bill, said an investigation that found Louisiana State University mishandled numerous complaints of sexual misconduct…

Reason

Louisiana abortion patients will not be charged with homicide after legislators gut bill

Anti-abortion legislators clash over whether to punish women who have abortions

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Court set to rule on planned end to border expulsion policy

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Louisiana appears poised to step in as early as Friday to block the Biden administration from ending pandemic-related asylum restrictions later this month, something Republicans and some Democrats have pushed to do in Congress.

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US oil refineries spewing cancer-causing benzene into communities, report finds

Analysis shows alarming level of benzene at fence-line of facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana and US Virgin Islands

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3 Louisiana state troopers are charged in the beating of a Black motorist

The battery charges in the 2020 arrest of Antonio Harris come amid mounting scrutiny of the state's top law enforcement agency over allegations of excessive force — particularly against Black people.

The Independent UK

Louisiana state troopers charged in beating of Black man

Three Louisiana State Police troopers have been charged with simple battery, accused of beating a Black motorist after a chase

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The Independent UK

Louisiana debates murder charge for women who get abortions

Louisiana's House of Representatives is debating whether women who get abortions should face prosecution for murder

Daily Mirror

Popeyes is opening two more restaurants - and its next one will open in June

Popeyes – which launched in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1972 - opened its first UK branch in Westfield Stratford, London, in November last year. It has confirmed two more restaurants will open this year

The Independent UK

Louisiana governor opposes ‘patently unconstitutional’ bill to classify abortion as homicide

Anti-abortion legislators intend to amend bill’s language as state braces for Supreme Court decision

The Independent UK

Former La. police boss faces contempt in Ronald Greene probe

Lawmakers investigating the deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene have voted to hold the former head of the Louisiana State Police in contempt for defying a subpoena and refusing to turn over his handwritten journals

Tribune News Service

Review: 'The Crocodile Bride,' by Ashleigh Bell Pedersen

FICTION: Set in the swamps of Louisiana in the early 1980s, this novel is rich with myth and mystery.

The Independent UK

3 years on, Ronald Greene's family still waiting for justice

Three years ago, when a beaten and battered Ronald Greene drew his final breath on a rural roadside, his death in Louisiana State Police custody seemed destined for obscurity

The Independent UK

Non-unanimous verdicts at issue at Louisiana high court

Louisiana’s Supreme Court is preparing to hear arguments on whether a ban on non-unanimous jury verdicts must apply retroactively

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