WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond has been elected chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. The three-term lawmaker will take over for the current chairman, Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., in January when a new Congress is sworn in. ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Six Louisiana parishes have been designated as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by recent drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave the designation to Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin, Madison, Richland and Tensas ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards is returning to Washington to continue pushing for federal aid for Louisiana’s recovery from March and August flooding. Edwards was leaving Wednesday and scheduled to return Friday, according to his office. ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Foster Campbell’s fundraising has spiked ahead of the Dec. 10 runoff, as his campaign is bolstered by Democratic donors from around the nation. Campbell had brought in $1.7 million for his ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An emotional former day care owner has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the 2015 death of a 22-month-old girl left unattended on a sweltering day in a van across the street from the unlicensed ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is getting just over $10 million from the federal government to improve preschool programs for children from low-income families. U. S. Department of Education and Health and Human Services said in a news release ...
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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The man accused of killing a Shreveport police officer is competent to stand trial. That’s the finding of a sanity hearing for 29-year-old Grover De’Aundre Cannon held Tuesday. The Shreveport man is charged with first-degree murder ...
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MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A settlement agreement Tuesday resolves a federal lawsuit that accuses law enforcement of trampling on the civil rights of protesters in Baton Rouge following a black man’s fatal shooting by ...
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PORT BARRE, La. (AP) — A Port Barre High School student faces charges for allegedly bringing a pistol to the school. Port Barre Police Chief Deon Boudreaux (BOO’-droh) said in a news release police were called to the campus Monday ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Nov. 19 increased from the previous week’s total. The state labor department figures released late Monday show the initial claims rose to 3,068 from ...
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CONVENT, La. (AP) — A third official in the administration of indicted St. James Parish President Timmy Roussel has pleaded not guilty to charges of malfeasance. The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/2gRIkrd) Assistant Finance Director Ashley Poche entered two not guilty pleas ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards says his LGBT-rights protection order is a statement that Louisiana doesn’t discriminate. Attorney General Jeff Landry calls it executive overreach. A Baton Rouge judge hears the arguments Tuesday as he decides ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Authorities in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, says a man who fatally shot a woman and ran over two bystanders with his car before crashing into an ambulance died following a shootout with sheriff’s deputies. Maj. Bryan ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police say a 32-year-old Baton Rouge woman has been arrested after she held a knife to her husband’s throat and hit him with a Thanksgiving turkey during an argument in their kitchen. The Advocate reports ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lottery officials say one tickets sold in Tennessee won Saturday’s $420.9 million Powerball drawing. The top prize for Wednesday’s drawing will be $40 million. There was no big winner in the Louisiana Lotto and ...
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