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Louisiana mom warns 'half of what we're working for' at risk if Trump's budget bill fails
Fox News
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June 25, 2025
House GOP leaders invited a handful of private citizens from across the country to Congress to promote President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" outside of Washington. Fox News Digital spoke with them. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!...
This Louisiana lawyer is suing Big Oil for billions. But don't call him a tree hugger.
Nola - Louisiana
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“By going to small communities in Louisiana and promising them billions, they’ve been able to keep communities motivated,” Faucheux said of Carmouche's lawsuits. “That, in turn, keeps policymakers, even at the statewide level, motivated.” But...
Baton Rouge native returns as featured speaker at Nexus Technology Cup
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - Louisiana
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June 16, 2025
Baton Rouge native and tech entrepreneur Ryan Williams is returning to the Capital Region this week as a featured speaker and judge for the inaugural Nexus Technology Cup. Williams, founder of the fintech platform Cadre and a nationally recognized...
Tulane, Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Louisiana add board members
Nola - Louisiana
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Thomas E. Jorden and Erica Washington have been appointed to the Board of Tulane. Jorden is chair, president and CEO of Houston-based Coterra Energy. Before that, he served as CEO and president, as well as chair of the board for Cimarex Energy,...
Welcome to the Louisiana town where high-speed internet lines end. Here's how residents make do.
Nola - Louisiana
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EAST CARROLL PARISH — When the internet is iffy in Lake Providence, as it often is, Brittany Lyons, the owner of an in-home care service, has a backup. She drives a half mile to the hospital where her sister works and asks to use their network,...
New Orleans Jail Escape: 2 Fugitives Remain, 14 Aiders Arrested
Talk Radio 960AM - Louisiana
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June 17, 2025
Highlights: Two dangerous fugitives remain at large nearly one month after the Orleans Parish jail escape More accomplices have been arrested than fugitives still on the run—14 people charged with aiding escapees Sheriff Susan Hutson suspended her...
Free Digital Syllabus Shares New Orleans’ Black Educational History ‘To Reimagine Schooling’
Black Enterprise
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June 20, 2025
A new digital syllabus explores Black education in New Orleans history in an effort to "reclaim" space. There’s a new freely available digital syllabus on the market that shares the history of Black education in New Orleans in an effort to “learn...
Amistad Center in New Orleans faces severe federal cuts. Its mission now: 'Save Black History'
Nola - Louisiana
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Kathe Hambrick, back center, executive director of the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans, meets with those still left on her staff on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. From left to right are, Lisa Moore, Brenda Flora, Jennifer Long, Felicia Render, and...
Louisiana and Texas test new laws to shield teens from junk food ads on social media
Medical News
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June 25, 2025
Will new social media laws in Louisiana and Texas cut teens’ exposure to junk food marketing, or just change the game? This innovative study tracks what young people actually see online, aiming to level the playing field for youth health....
Crist Engineers, Lyon College & Baptist Health Announce New Hires & Promotions (Movers & Shakers)
Arkansas Business
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July 7, 2025
See more of this week’s Movers & Shakers, and submit your own announcement at ArkansasBusiness.com/Movers. Architecture & Engineering Ian Kenyon has been hired by Crist Engineers Inc. of Little Rock as a project engineer. He will work in the...
Baton Rouge smoke shop targeted in statewide vape crackdown
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - Louisiana
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June 16, 2025
The Smokin Aces Smoke Shop on Wax Road has had its permit suspended by the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control as part of a statewide crackdown on the sale of illegal vape products. A four-week statewide investigation called “Operation...
Baton Rouge school closures, changes add to busy summer hiring season for district
The Advocate - Louisiana
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Hundreds of public school employees in Baton Rouge have spent the past few weeks looking for jobs thanks to a realignment plan approved in late April that closes and reconfigures multiple schools in the Capital City. They have entered the job...
Scientists Discover Hybrid ‘Super’ Termites – Is Shreveport Next?
K945 - Louisiana
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June 24, 2025
Recently, scientists have been monitoring an unusual situation in which termites are crossbreeding and hybridizing with other species of termites. These two species of insects are known to be incredibly invasive and fans of creating massive...
New Orleans historian Frank Perez's 'Rainbow Fleur de Lis' explores local LGBTQ history
Gambit - Louisiana
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Not long after Frank Perez’s book “In Exile: The History and Lore Surrounding New Orleans Gay Culture and Its Oldest Bar” was published in 2012, the New Orleans historian was sitting in Cafe Lafitte In Exile when Rip and Marsha Naquin-Delain came...
WARRANT: Suspect linked to Romanian crime ring arrested for skimmer scheme in Baton Rouge area
WAFB 9 - Louisiana
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June 19, 2025
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A man accused of being part of a Romanian crime ring is behind bars in Baton Rouge after officials say he and two others used skimmers to steal ATM users’ debit card information. According to the East Baton Rouge...
RFK Jr. joins Louisiana governor at bill signing, says processed foods are ‘poisoning’ children
FOX 8 - Louisiana
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June 28, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Gov. Jeff Landry on Friday for the signing of a bill that aligns with Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative. The ceremony was held at the...
The wait is over: Dave’s Hot Chicken is opening its Baton Rouge location
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - Louisiana
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June 19, 2025
Popular fast-casual chain Dave’s Hot Chicken is opening its first Baton Rouge location on Friday. The Baton Rouge restaurant is also the chain’s first in Louisiana. Dave’s got its start in a California parking lot in 2017 and has become something...
U.S. Secretary of HHS Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes trip to Louisiana
WAFB 9 - Louisiana
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June 27, 2025
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Today, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, Alongside Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., signed legislation aligned with Make America Healthy Again. Something both Secretary Kennedy and Governor...
Fifth Circuit Blocks Louisiana Law Mandating Posting Of Ten Commandments In Schools
Techdirt
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June 27, 2025
from the getting-one-right-for-a-change dept Just because a constitutional violation is easy to ignore doesn’t make it any less of a constitutional violation. And yet, that was the first defense of Louisiana’s Ten Commandments mandate offered by...
Why flash floods are so common – and deadly – in Texas’s Hill Country
The Globe and Mail
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July 7, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Hill Country is part of an area known as Flash Flood Alley. Its terrain and soil conditions, combined with intense storms in the region, make it extremely vulnerable to flooding.Jim Vondruska/Getty Images The devastation...