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The Latest Breaking News from Louisiana

Louisiana woman stabbed to death on Facebook Live

Earl Lee Johnson arrested for murder of 34-year-old Janice David

The Independent UK

Woman's fatal stabbing livestreamed on Facebook; man charged

A livestreamed fatal stabbing of a woman on social media led police to her body in an office building parking lot in Louisiana’s capital

The Independent UK

3 Black churches rebuilding in Louisiana after 2019 arson

Three years after an arsonist torched three small Black churches in rural Louisiana, rebuilding is well under way

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Tesla Graphite Supplier From Australia Bags $107M In Loans From Biden Administration

Australia-headquartered graphite miner Syrah Resources (OTC: SYAAF) has bagged $107 million in loans from the U.S. Department of Energy to expand its electric vehicle battery parts plant in Louisiana.

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Gulf Coast, Mississippi River cities eager for flood funding

Cities on the Louisiana coast and Mississippi River are hoping the infrastructure law will bring badly needed funding to fortify levees, locks and other flood protection as climate change makes hurricanes stronger and wetter

The Independent UK

Biden 'cost of carbon' policy survives another legal hurdle

An effort by President Joe Biden's administration to account for potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for pollution-generating industries has survived another court challenge

The Independent UK

Brian Kelly, LSU and a $100 Million Gamble

The college football world has been fascinated by the coach’s move to the bayou, but time will tell if the partnership will yield what Kelly and LSU both covet: a national title.

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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

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.

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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

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

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

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

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…

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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…

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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

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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

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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

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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

Ballotpedia

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:

The Independent UK

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

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

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

By: Samuel Wonacott

The Independent UK

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

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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