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Avis Williams transformed Selma, Alabama’s schools during her five years as superintendent. Now, she’s set to lead New Orleans’ all-charter school system.
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For the second year in a row, Louisiana lawmakers have passed legislation that would ban transgender girls from competing in school sports. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. John Bel Edwards, who vetoed nearly identical legislation last year. -
A St. John Parish group wants the court to stop any digging on property at the center of an ongoing legal battle that’s slated for the construction of a $400 million grain terminal.
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Bill urges regulators to exclude charging stations from definition of public utility
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Because of a rapidly declining student population in New Orleans, the city’s public school system has said it will consolidate or close schools. But district officials haven’t decided how to go about it just yet.
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WBHM’s Mary Scott Hodgin talks with Brittany Brown of the Gulf States Newsroom about issues plaguing Alabama and Mississippi prisons.
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As a young Palestinian girl, I copied Abu Akleh's TV sign-off. She was brave and unwavering – a true trailblazer for many other women to follow her path.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian leaders took to social media to stand in sympathy and solidarity with a tragedy unfolding across the world.
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The investigative report cited a failure in leadership among the prime minister and other top British officials for allowing boozy government parties that broke lockdown rules.
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The Secret Service is taking control of the hall during Trump's speech in Houston on Friday and is prohibiting attendees from having firearms and other weapons, according to the gun group.
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A runoff in South Texas between incumbent Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros remained too close to call as of Wednesday morning.
