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Angry voters and closed primaries: A preview of Election Day on May 16
The May 16, 2026 statewide election is shaping up to be one of the most unusual ballots in recent memory.
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3mNew Orleans News Quiz: How is Jefferson Parish spending its massive opioid settlement?
Take our quiz on how Jefferson Parish is spending its opioid settlement money.
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13mThe Unbroken Line: Americans feared importing a revolution like in Haiti, but one was already brewing in Louisiana
The external slave trade was declared illegal as early as 1804 for the Territory of Orleans. The prohibition was linked to the "Haitian Syndrome," as the American authorities feared importing a revolution into the country.
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14mLouisiana tracking law chills immigrant Medicaid applications
Yolibeth’s 4-year-old daughter scrambled headfirst onto a cushy leather love seat at their St. Bernard Parish home and pushed a hairbrush into the hands of Miriam Romero, a health coordinator who works with the family. Romero placed the girl in her lap and started brushing her dark hair. Yolibeth, a 38-year-old single mother who moved […]
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7mAppeals court hears arguments on Louisiana’s 25-foot buffer law
A federal appeals court Monday (June 1) heard a request from the state of Louisiana to overturn a lower court’s decision to block a law establishing a so-called police buffer zone.
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7mNew Louisiana congressional map approved, litigation likely
Louisiana legislators Friday approved a congressional redistricting bill that could increase the state’s Republican representation in Congress, but litigation is likely imminent. It keeps only a single majority-Black district among Louisiana’s six U.S. House seats.