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Youth gun deaths in the US have surged 50 percent since 2019
By Amanda Hernandez Contributing Writer (Stateline) — Firearm-related deaths among children and teenagers in the United States have risen sharply in recent years, increasing by
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Amid plummeting diversity at Medical Schools, a warning of DEI crackdown’s ‘chilling effect’
By Annie Sciacca Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — The Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI programs could exacerbate an unexpectedly steep drop in diversity among medical school
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By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (BlackPressUSA.com) — Rev. Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant, an Atlanta-based pastor of the New Birth Baptist Church, has reported a robust national turnout for his consumer boycott ... Louisiana conducts its first nitrogen gas execution, ending 15-year death penalty hiatus
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Jessie Hoffman was put to death Tuesday evening at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, becoming the first person in the state executed using nitrogen gas. Louisiana could open VA homes to paying National Guard, Reserve veterans
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — State residents who served in the military on a part-time basis could soon opt to live at Louisiana Veteran Homes locations, which provide geriatric and ... Emails reveal top IRS lawyer warned Trump firings were a ‘fraud’ on the courts
By Andy Kroll ProPublica On Feb. 20, nearly 7,000 probationary employees at the Internal Revenue Service began receiving an unsigned letter telling them that they had been fired for poor performance. Playing the game! How athletes at smaller La. universities are contesting to score their own NIL deals
By Ella Armstrong, Caroline Burk, Ty Cazeaux and Christian Gladney Contributing Writers (LSU Manship School News Service) — Bailey Tillman began her freshman year at McNeese State University in 2021 after new ... Louisiana’s higher education employees could see better retirement prospects
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Louisiana Legislature will consider a wish list of retirement reforms college and university faculty and staff have suggested, all aimed at keeping tenured professors ... Residents express frustration with federal government at Troy Carter town hall on Medicaid
By Safura Syed Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Residents vented their frustration with the Trump administration’s recent actions to overhaul the federal government Tuesday (March 18) at a town hall U.S. Rep. Troy ... Recommendations for the March 29 election
Early voting for March 29 commenced on March 15. Our editors chose to endorse in two competitive elections in Jefferson Parish, as well as the constitutional amendments – upon which ...
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