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Louisiana pays more for electricity from one of the least reliable grids, audit finds
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana residents pay much higher electricity bills than the national average and live with one of the least
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Louisiana provides more financial aid to students seeking workforce certification
By Julia O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The $10.5 million to state provided to help people pay for job training and industry certifications ran out
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By Bobbi-Jeanne Misick Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority and the Plaquemines Port Harbor and Terminal District signed an agreement on January 17, allowing the RTA to use ... Trump puts DEI staff on paid leave, guts environmental justice offices across government
By Shauneen Miranda Contributing Writer (States Newsroom) — All federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion positions are ordered to be placed on paid administrative leave by the close of business on ... Louisiana’s new seafood origin law could still shield foreign catch at restaurants, grocers
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A new law requiring restaurants in Louisiana to tell their customers the specific country of origin of any seafood being served is causing some confusion ... Nancy Leftenant-Colon, trailblazing Army nurse and Air Force veteran, dies at 104
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, has died ... Outrage builds over Trump’s order ending DEI in federal agencies and contracts
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — President Donald J. Trump’s first-day executive order to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies across federal agencies and contractors has drawn widespread ... Scholarship launched to support students pursuing careers in finance, banking
By Makenna Mincey Contributing Writer As part of a larger initiative to empower communities, First Horizon Corp. has announced the launch of an endowed scholarship in partnership with Xavier University of ... Activists take to the streets to protest Donald Trump, honor MLK Jr.
By John Gray Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — More than 100 people gathered at A.L. Davis Park in Central City on Monday (Jan. 20) to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump and celebrate ... King Family seeks review of files on MLK assassination
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has expressed its hope to review records related to his assassination before they are made ...
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