Greg LaRose (Louisiana Illuminator)
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Landry plans to expand the use of state troopers in New Orleans but has offered few details about what their expanded role will entail.
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On some issues — such as making teacher pay raises permanent (support) and raising the state tax on gasoline sales (against) — all five candidates agreed, and they predictably took party lines on other matters.
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Authorities are looking for a suspect responsible for starting the Aug. 22 fire that emergency crews continue to fight.
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Intense downpours brought relief from high temperatures Monday to some parts of Louisiana, but officials say it did little to reduce the threat of wildfires.
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The fatality reported in St. Tammany Parish ended what had otherwise been a comparatively uneventful day elsewhere in the state.
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Fires have caused the most damage in Beauregard Parish, and evacuation orders continued into the night there and to the immediate north in portions of Vernon Parish.
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Entergy’s subsidiaries in Louisiana are suspending all disconnections for the duration of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ declared heat emergency through Sept. 9.
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Karen Carter Peterson, a former state senator and Louisiana Democratic Party chair, has admitted she diverted party and campaign funds for her personal use. Federal authorities shed light on wire fraud scheme in a bill of information filed Thursday.
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Louisiana lawmakers have so far filed seven maps to consider in a special session brought about after a federal court rejected a congressional redistricting proposal they approved earlier this year. The judge in the case has given legislators until Monday to submit a map with two majority-Black districts in order to comply with the Voting Rights Act.
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A bill that would have allowed Louisiana residents to carry a concealed firearm without a permit or training was transformed Wednesday into a proposal to arm teachers in classrooms. A Senate committee amendment to Rep. Danny McCormick’s so-called “constitutional carry” legislation appears to have derailed his pro-gun campaign for the second straight year.