Louisiana News
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Baton Rouge -
US Senator Mary Landrieu, one of the last standing elected Deep South Democrats, lost her bid for re-election in Louisiana, further clinching Republicans' dominance in the Senate following mid-term elections last month.
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The Department of Justice announced today that ExxonMobile Pipeline Company has agreed to pay a civil penalty for its alleged violation of the Clean Water Act stemming from a 2012 Northline crude oil spill in Louisiana.
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, in a complete about-face, announced on Wednesday his plans to remove Louisiana schools from the nation's Common Core English and math standards. The move would make Louisiana the fourth state to withdraw this year.
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On Sunday, a Senate committee bloated the state construction budget with more projects.
Going over budget by $400 million, House Bill 2 is now in the hands of Gov. Bobby Jindal who needs to decide on which projects stay and which go.
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Shreveport -
A section of interstate in Louisiana shut down Tuesday morning after a semi-truck carrying about 75,000 corn dogs crashed.
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New limits enacted and announced recently by Louisiana social service officials prohibit welfare recipients from using their benefits to make purchases from tattoo parlors, lingerie retailers, nail salons, and jewelry stores.
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The majority of states with a high percentage of gay porn viewers is in the South, where gay marriage is illegal in all states, according to new findings on the salacious topic.
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Angola -
A black man convicted by an all-white jury of a murder he did not commit walked out of a Louisiana state prison a free man on Tuesday after spending 30 years on death row.
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Lafourche Parish voters spoke out at the ballot box on Saturday, rejecting a measure to rededicate real estate tax monies toward the construction of a much needed new detention center. The hotly-debated issue was contentious and nasty at times.
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Come Saturday, members of a southern Louisiana community of 97,000 known as Lafourche Parish will vote on a controversial ballot proposal aiming to reallocate $800,000 a year from the local library budget to the funding of a new $25 million jail.
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Given the choice, would voters opt for a new 600-bed jailhouse, or vote to keep funds in a library system that has been well-managed for years? That question has been put on the ballot in one Louisiana parish today, and the outcome will be interesting.
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A 2012 amendment to the Louisiana Constitution holds the ownership of firearms to be a “fundamental” right. At the time of writing, the Court is deciding whether that right extends to convicted felons.
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Louisiana -
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that a deadly amoeba has been found in a North Louisiana water system.
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Three days after a judge overturned his conviction, Herman Wallace died of liver cancer after his few days of freedom. He was in solitary confinement for 41 years.
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Tropical storm Karen is developing in the Gulf of Mexico and fears of hurricanes on the Gulf coastline heighten. Hurricane watches are effective from Louisiana to Florida while Federal Emergency Management Committee workers have been recalled to work.
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Baton Rouge -
Herman Wallace, 71, was released on Tuesday after spending 41 years in solitary confinement in a Louisiana prison. His conviction was overturned by a Federal Judge who said he did not receive a fair trial.
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Tests carried out by the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of a Louisiana parish's water supply found that it contained the deadly brain eating parasitic amoeba.
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Started from duck calls to roll calls?
A “Duck Dynasty” star is evidently being closely monitored by Republican lawmakers in Louisiana as a promising congressional candidate.
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Imported from Argentina in the 1930's for their fur, these giant swamp rats escaped into the wild and are now devouring the roots of wetland plants and transforming the Bayou into a wasteland. A solution has been found, with several tasty recipes.
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New Orleans -
From breakdancers, to mimes, to the other-worldly, street performers in the New Orleans French Quarter are sure to entertain visitors.
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Approximately 300 people evacuated from their Louisiana homes in early August, many forced to spend Thanksgiving in hotels or campgrounds, are still looking for answers and wondering when, or if, they will ever be able to return home.
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Republican governor Chris Christie of New Jersey has given praise to US President Barack Obama in regards to Hurricane Sandy's response. Michael Brown, FEMA's former director, criticized saying that Obama acted too fast.
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Sharmeka Moffitt, 20, is in critical condition at the LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, La., after she was set on fire by three men in white hoods who burned the initials KKK and a racial slur on the hood of her car.
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Sharmeka Moffitt, 20, is in critical condition at the LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, La., after she was set on fire by three men in white hoods who burned the initials KKK and a racial slur on the hood of her car.
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Shreveport -
Logic Nation, a start-up digital technology company based in north Louisiana, announced a revolutionary new social media platform during DigiFest South 2012 in Bossier City, Louisiana on September 7, 2012.
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New Orleans -
The video shows the aftermath left by Hurricane Isaac as it hit the New Orleans area on Tuesday, and pushed water over the 18-mile levee.
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Braithwaite -
Braithwaite Louisiana Fire and Rescue boats patroled a subdivision in Plaquemines Parish searching for trapped residents. One resident they find is trapped in his attic along with his four dogs.
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Many people outside of Louisiana focus on New Orleans when it comes to weather conditions. But the State of Louisiana is often on a statewide alert when storms like Hurricane Isaac approach.
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As Hurricane Isaac bears down on U.S. coastlines, wrecking havoc with torrential rain and devastating winds, Digital Journal presents some of the most powerful photos of Isaac's wrath from social media sources such as Instagram and Twitter.
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Reaching wind speeds of 75 mph, the storm Isaac is now a Category 1 hurricane and is moving northwest toward the mouth of the Mississippi River. It's expected to make landfall along the Louisiana coast tonight.
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Louisiana Image
This old plantation home in Cane River country in Natchitoches Parish Louisiana remains the symbol of the place where settlers began their dreams of going West, from the area known as the oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase.
Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) workers contracted by BP clean up oil on the beach in Port Fourchon, La U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley.
Here is a portion of the audience that filled Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans on the 4th of July, thrilling to the voices of a children's chorus, trained by Valerie Francis, one of the great singers of Louisiana Del Forsloff
on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
Elvis Presley began his famous musical career in earnest at the Louisiana hayride. He is recognized at the country museum for his contribution to Louisiana music.
This lake in Natchitoches used to be a river, but it changed its course during major floods.
on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
Officials are forced to use airboats to examine Bayou Corne Sinkhole Bayou Corne Sinkhole
on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
President Barack Obama and Lafourche Parish President Charlotte Randolf, left, inspect a tar ball as they look at the effect the BP oil spill is having on Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, May 28, 2010. White House photo by Chuck Kennedy
Street performer on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
A program targeted for young children and the value of reading skills was presented in Natchitoches as a way of focusing on the needs of young children.
Delilah Brosset is originally from Natchitoches, Louisiana, a white Southern woman who has been active in civil rights and who perceives Christina Aguilera and her Super Bowl National Anthem in the context of a changing culture. Delilah Brosset
Street performer in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. New Orleans, LA
People wandered along the river, coming and going in large and small groups from the crowd at the jazz festival.
VENICE, La. - U.S. Environmental Services’ workers move oil-absorbent pads into a warehouse at a pollution control staging area in Venice, La., April 27, 2010. Staging areas are being set up along the Gulf Coast to actively identify, target and protect environmentally and economically sensitive areas. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley.
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