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Marathon Petroleum cut nearly 2,000 jobs - and reaped $2.1B in pandemic benefits 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1083
Baton Rouge, La., to pay $4.5M to settle lawsuit over Alton Sterling's death 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1667
John Bel Edwards: We need the Mid-Barataria diversion to help save our coast 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1758
Louisiana lawmakers support concealed carry without permit 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1329
President Joe Biden approves disaster declaration for Louisiana after severe weather 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1375
Trump endorses Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, but says Sen. Bill Cassidy 'went stupid' 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1811
Louisiana lawmakers vote to allow people convicted of felonies on juries 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 993
Louisiana Republicans block qualified immunity bill, setting aside months of bipartisan work 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 10 1296
1-year-old girl, 2 others slain at Louisiana swimming pool 2 left-of-center2012 Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1621
Illegal piranha found in Louisiana State University lake 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 3 1850
On this day, May 23, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died, outside Gibsland, Louisiana. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 May 2021 3 2017
Police release all body-cam footage related to Black man's deadly arrest in Louisiana 4 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 5 1856
Edwards refuses request to end federal jobless aid for now 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 1995
Bill to allow environmental self-audits by industries passes House 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 1058
Flooding in Southwest Louisiana prompts Gov. Edwards to issue emergency declaration 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 1162
Ray Garofalo won't get to pass his shaky grasp of history down to Louisiana's students 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 6 2401
President Biden to visit Louisiana to pitch infrastructure plan, state Republicans resist 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 5 1672
Louisiana lawmakers plan $1,000 pay raises for K-12 teachers, doubling previous proposal 1 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 1834
Federal grand jury returns indictment against former Shreveport police officer 3 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 12 1961
Democratic National Committee billboard finds correct placement by New Orleans airport 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 4 1784
Broussard police chief sexual harassment allegations: What we know so far 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1147
Marijuana legalization in Louisiana gets boost from public support: 'The tide is changing' 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 3 1001
In suit over legal fees, attorneys ask to invalidate agreement between Cantrell and Edward Wisner 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1141
New Orleans collected $1,500 -- not $1 million -- in short-term rental fines levied over two years 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1641
LSU president says staff could be moved around -- not fired -- as a result of scandal 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1459
Louisiana State fraternity brothers pay cook's mortgage 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 21 2430
A third of Louisianians have no intention of getting vaccine, survey finds 42 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 20 5596
Defendants whose non-unanimous convictions were tossed take plea deals on lesser charges 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1546
Louisiana partners with data firm to boost food stamp enrollment, close 'SNAP gap' 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1889
Could Baton Rouge-New Orleans passenger rail finally happen? Here are Biden, Amtrak plans 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1539

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Louisiana prison system may seek federal COVID-19 funding for air conditioning 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 999
Governor John Bel Edwards appoints more women to higher ed boards as LSU scandal escalates 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1259
A prudent proposal to save Louisiana's petrochemical industry 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1057
Woman charged with arson says she and boyfriend were trying to get rid of snakes 1 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1384
Former Louisiana College students accused of defrauding school of CARES Act funds 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1351
After Tulane suspended a Black female doctor, medical community erupts with racism, bias claims 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1427
Attack ad accuses Troy Carter of 'partying' with tax dollars; he calls it 'out of touch' 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1285
Louisiana coastal restoration curbed by too little sediment; these states have too much 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 1063
Louisiana pays $52k to woman who says former New Orleans judge groped her 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1041
Food Bank of NELA sets dates for mobile food distributions across four parishes 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1143
State troopers texted about the 'whoopin' they gave a Black man, records show: 'He's gonna have 5 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 9 3070
Where's LSU's required African American studies course two board members ask 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1724
President Biden declares major disaster in Louisiana following winter storms 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1185
Feud between two St. Bernard titans heats up; allegations of bribes, murder cover-up traded 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 2302
Opelousas teacher cited after allegedly assaulting student who wore 'Black Lives Matter' sweatshirt 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 1661
How Louisiana's bid for new voting machines fell apart amid baseless fraud allegations 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1098
$343 million Baton Rouge anti-flood project won't be done until the end of 2022, Corps says 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1172
Louisiana coronavirus vaccine eligibility expands to people 16+ with certain health conditions 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 967
Why Troy Carter says he's 'more ready now' to win a seat in Congress 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1248
a to do list for the next election cycle 0 rampartc Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1489
Lawmakers to debate if Louisiana should require kindergarten 3 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 1596
New Orleans City Council joins $1 billion complaint against Entergy over mismanagement of Grand Gulf 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 1421
United Nations experts condemn pollution of Cancer Alley as environmental racism 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 1082
AG Jeff Landry loses public records lawsuit against Advocate reporter 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 1354
Louisiana governor eases virus rules, lets bars open indoors 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 1554
Another company protests Louisiana's voting machine search 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1246
You only have to smell 'Cancer Alley' to know how toxic it is 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 12 1483
Bill Cassidy's vote to convict Trump draws swift, harsh backlash from Louisiana Republicans 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 2477
More than 200 gather indoors for GOP meeting as party chair Louis Gurvich wins re-election 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 3196
New Orleans to Congress: Hold neo-Confederate Louisiana conservatives accountable 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 7 1299

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wouldn't gen honore be a great governor? 0 rampartc Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1222
Slow rollout for vaccines at Louisiana nursing homes comes amid increasing virus outbreaks 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1900
Corps proposes $2 billion, 30.6-mile Upper Barataria levee to protect from 100-year hurricane storm 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 966
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry tied to group that summoned 'patriots' to Capitol to 'stop 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 13 2010
Wife of late Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow considers running for vacant seat 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1446
democratic candidates to replace cedric richmond 0 rampartc Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1349
Louisiana DUers-Gary Chambers Jr-to replace Cedric Richmond, what to know 0 irisblue Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 1083
Louisiana election to replace Congressman-elect Letlow expected to be held March 20 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 1202
Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow hospitalized as COVID symptoms persist 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1881
'Every single person in that office has to understand the culture shift': How Jason Williams plans 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 25 2710
Mitsubishi considering billion-dollar chemical plant in Ascension Parish 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 1066
More COVID-19 cases, more restrictions for Louisiana 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2020 Nov 2020 0 1217
Texas, Louisiana can end Planned Parenthood funding, federal appeals court rules 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1381
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 sl8 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1383
Judge rules against Louisiana pastor who defied state COVID-19 restrictions 4 TexasTowelie Nov 2020 Nov 2020 28 2198
For hundreds of thousands of unemployed Louisianans, dwindling aid slated to run out after Christmas 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2020 Nov 2020 1 1230
Louisiana rewards prisoners with $5 for getting flu shot 9 TexasTowelie Nov 2020 Nov 2020 0 1427
Shell is closing its Convent refinery; what does this mean for clean energy in Louisiana? 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2020 Nov 2020 1 1113
Ruling for Gov. Edwards is as much a loss for Jeff Landry as it is for House Republicans 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2020 Nov 2020 6 1256
Louisiana reports the most daily COVID-19 cases ever 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2020 Nov 2020 1 1028
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