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Congressional panel splits on regulation of ‘orphaned’ oil and gas wells
By Jacob Fischler Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Members of a U.S. House Natural Resources panel agreed last Thursday on the need to clean up and
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Louisiana could lose sporting events, conventions if transgender restrictions are approved
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Leaders in Louisiana’s tourism industry — particularly those centered on New Orleans — said the restrictions on transgender
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By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana is set to receive $773 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to fund early childcare, but an early childhood advocate ... Proposed state law would give discretion to judges on habitual offender sentences
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens For nearly two decades, when former judge Calvin Johnson presided in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, he handed down prison sentences to defendants that he himself felt ... A burning chemical plant may be just the tip of Laura’s damage in this area of oil fields and industry
By John Pardue TheConversation.com Columnist Hurricane Laura plowed through the heart of Louisiana’s oil and chemical industries as a powerful Category 4 storm, leaving a chlorine plant on fire and the potential ... Now threatened, USPS was once a gateway to African-American prosperity
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer For more than a century and a half, the U.S. Postal Service has played a major role in Black American tradition and development, both as a means ... Study ranks Louisiana as 15th worst for student loan burden
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer According to a new study from the website Student Loan Hero, Louisiana is the 15th worst state in the country for student loan debt burdens. ... La.’s HIV prevention efforts making national headlines
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer Recent efforts on the part of the Louisiana Department of Public Health to reduce HIV rates around the state are receiving national media coverage, particularly the department’s ... Grtr. N.O. Fair Housing Action Center changes name
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer With a string of successful efforts behind it and another pivotal policy summit just ahead, one of the state’s largest fair housing advocacy organizations is celebrating a ... Our wishes on Twelfth Night
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Columnist Dear Santa, Hi, it’s your vaillant helper Mr Bingle here, back home in New Orleans after another successful Christmas. I also hope ...
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