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Most Louisiana parents can’t access critical early child care, lawmakers call for more state funding
Child advocates, early child care providers and elected officials called for more public investment in the state’s early childhood care to increase access for infants and toddlers in need.
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20mThe legislature allocated millions to help farmers, but little has gone to the intended recipient
Margee Green had a plan to aid Louisiana farmers following the end of two federal stimulus programs. The state pledged $3 million to her organization to carry it out. Then things changed.
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4mInconspicuous New Orleans mission served as orphanage, church, and studio for art, music
The house where the Everlasting Gospel Mission operated stood until Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters pushed it off its foundation.
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7mNOPD, National Guard are sweeping corners near New Orleans Public Library
Officers from the New Orleans Police Department and the Louisiana National Guard have been conducting at least twice-daily sweeps of the area, ordering unhoused people to leave the corners near the library.
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27mExonerated after 42 years in prison, he's eligible for up to $480,000 as compensation. Louisiana's AG says no.
Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore don’t qualify for any compensation from the state
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6mNew Orleans City Council discusses increasing oversight of NOPD drone usage
A new ordinance would require the New Orleans Police Department to report more frequently to the City Council on its use of drones.