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Lawyers win mandatory bar dues battles in Texas, Louisiana 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1523
New Orleans approves $15 minimum wage for city contractors, but city employees say they deserve the 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 1824
These 3 New Orleans parks, 1 street to get renamed after council vote; Fats Domino among new names 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1718
Southern University in Baton Rouge is 'falling into the river' and needs $32 million to stop erosion 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1790
Louisiana police leaders blocked charges against trooper involved in Ronald Greene's death 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1449
Louisiana Senate president supports session to override veto on transgender sports ban 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1080
Louisiana Democratic Party loses another state lawmaker 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1439
Pay raises for Southern and UL system's faculty and staff coming this year 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1138
Jimmy Fitzmorris, Louisiana politician who lost squeakers for mayor, governor, dies at 99 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1096
Louisiana state worker insurance to cover obesity surgery after governor signs bill into law 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1161
Flash flood warning in Greater New Orleans area through 2:00 pm 8 zuul Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1760
Severe T-storm Warning in effect for New Orleans area, flash flooding 2 zuul Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1429
'Tell the truth,' Xavier University's president says of struggle to vaccinate returning students 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 2008
Marathon Petroleum cut nearly 2,000 jobs - and reaped $2.1B in pandemic benefits 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1109
Baton Rouge, La., to pay $4.5M to settle lawsuit over Alton Sterling's death 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1704
John Bel Edwards: We need the Mid-Barataria diversion to help save our coast 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1817
Louisiana lawmakers support concealed carry without permit 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1359
President Joe Biden approves disaster declaration for Louisiana after severe weather 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1405
Trump endorses Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, but says Sen. Bill Cassidy 'went stupid' 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1840
Louisiana lawmakers vote to allow people convicted of felonies on juries 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1031
Louisiana Republicans block qualified immunity bill, setting aside months of bipartisan work 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 10 1329
1-year-old girl, 2 others slain at Louisiana swimming pool 2 left-of-center2012 Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1660
Illegal piranha found in Louisiana State University lake 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 3 1888
On this day, May 23, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died, outside Gibsland, Louisiana. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 May 2021 3 2042
Police release all body-cam footage related to Black man's deadly arrest in Louisiana 4 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 5 1907
Edwards refuses request to end federal jobless aid for now 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 2032
Bill to allow environmental self-audits by industries passes House 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 1090
Flooding in Southwest Louisiana prompts Gov. Edwards to issue emergency declaration 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 1190
Ray Garofalo won't get to pass his shaky grasp of history down to Louisiana's students 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 6 2443
President Biden to visit Louisiana to pitch infrastructure plan, state Republicans resist 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 5 1706

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Louisiana lawmakers plan $1,000 pay raises for K-12 teachers, doubling previous proposal 1 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 1871
Federal grand jury returns indictment against former Shreveport police officer 3 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 12 2017
Democratic National Committee billboard finds correct placement by New Orleans airport 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 4 1814
Broussard police chief sexual harassment allegations: What we know so far 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1179
Marijuana legalization in Louisiana gets boost from public support: 'The tide is changing' 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 3 1029
In suit over legal fees, attorneys ask to invalidate agreement between Cantrell and Edward Wisner 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1166
New Orleans collected $1,500 -- not $1 million -- in short-term rental fines levied over two years 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1665
LSU president says staff could be moved around -- not fired -- as a result of scandal 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1505
Louisiana State fraternity brothers pay cook's mortgage 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 21 2470
A third of Louisianians have no intention of getting vaccine, survey finds 42 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 20 5871
Defendants whose non-unanimous convictions were tossed take plea deals on lesser charges 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1595
Louisiana partners with data firm to boost food stamp enrollment, close 'SNAP gap' 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1913
Could Baton Rouge-New Orleans passenger rail finally happen? Here are Biden, Amtrak plans 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1576
Louisiana prison system may seek federal COVID-19 funding for air conditioning 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1026
Governor John Bel Edwards appoints more women to higher ed boards as LSU scandal escalates 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1285
A prudent proposal to save Louisiana's petrochemical industry 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1086
Woman charged with arson says she and boyfriend were trying to get rid of snakes 1 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1412
Former Louisiana College students accused of defrauding school of CARES Act funds 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1392
After Tulane suspended a Black female doctor, medical community erupts with racism, bias claims 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1454
Attack ad accuses Troy Carter of 'partying' with tax dollars; he calls it 'out of touch' 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1313
Louisiana coastal restoration curbed by too little sediment; these states have too much 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 1090
Louisiana pays $52k to woman who says former New Orleans judge groped her 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1066
Food Bank of NELA sets dates for mobile food distributions across four parishes 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1175
State troopers texted about the 'whoopin' they gave a Black man, records show: 'He's gonna have 5 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 9 3122
Where's LSU's required African American studies course two board members ask 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1748
President Biden declares major disaster in Louisiana following winter storms 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1212
Feud between two St. Bernard titans heats up; allegations of bribes, murder cover-up traded 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 2364
Opelousas teacher cited after allegedly assaulting student who wore 'Black Lives Matter' sweatshirt 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 1691
How Louisiana's bid for new voting machines fell apart amid baseless fraud allegations 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1143
$343 million Baton Rouge anti-flood project won't be done until the end of 2022, Corps says 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1194

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Louisiana coronavirus vaccine eligibility expands to people 16+ with certain health conditions 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 998
Why Troy Carter says he's 'more ready now' to win a seat in Congress 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1275
a to do list for the next election cycle 0 rampartc Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1519
Lawmakers to debate if Louisiana should require kindergarten 3 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 1642
New Orleans City Council joins $1 billion complaint against Entergy over mismanagement of Grand Gulf 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 1451
United Nations experts condemn pollution of Cancer Alley as environmental racism 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 1109
AG Jeff Landry loses public records lawsuit against Advocate reporter 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 1373
Louisiana governor eases virus rules, lets bars open indoors 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 1585
Another company protests Louisiana's voting machine search 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1287
You only have to smell 'Cancer Alley' to know how toxic it is 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 12 1517
Bill Cassidy's vote to convict Trump draws swift, harsh backlash from Louisiana Republicans 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 2518
More than 200 gather indoors for GOP meeting as party chair Louis Gurvich wins re-election 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 3241
New Orleans to Congress: Hold neo-Confederate Louisiana conservatives accountable 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 7 1333
wouldn't gen honore be a great governor? 0 rampartc Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1253
Slow rollout for vaccines at Louisiana nursing homes comes amid increasing virus outbreaks 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1927
Corps proposes $2 billion, 30.6-mile Upper Barataria levee to protect from 100-year hurricane storm 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1000
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry tied to group that summoned 'patriots' to Capitol to 'stop 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 13 2056
Wife of late Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow considers running for vacant seat 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1471
democratic candidates to replace cedric richmond 0 rampartc Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1388
Louisiana DUers-Gary Chambers Jr-to replace Cedric Richmond, what to know 0 irisblue Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 1115
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