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I’m a Climate Scientist in Texas. Here’s What the Floods Tell Us
TIME Magazine
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July 10, 2025
Late into the night of Friday, July 3, the remnants of tropical storm Barry combined with an unusually humid air mass. Together, they dropped more than four months’ worth of rain—at least 1.8 trillion gallons, roughly enough to cover the entire...
With no public debate, Louisiana enacts sales tax break on luxury boats
New Orleans City Business - Louisiana
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July 10, 2025
KEY TAKEAWAYS: New Louisiana tax cap applies only to boats over $200,000 Gov. Landry promoted the tax break while on donor’s yacht Provision was quietly added to a broader tax bill in June Critics say it benefits the wealthy while everyday taxes...
Queen of Sparkles coming to LASM, enrollment is open for Greater Baton Rouge Children's Choir
The Advocate - Louisiana
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The Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 S. River Road, Baton Rouge, will open "Threads of Evolution: Engineering a Community That Sparkles," featuring the work of Jaime Glas Odom, founder of Queen of Sparkles, July 19 PROVIDED PHOTO BY QUEEN OF...
Baton Rouge’s First Free Sunday events encourage lifelong learning—at no cost
225 Magazine
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July 1, 2025
On the first Sunday of every month, Baton Rougeans flock to museums and historic landmarks in the Capital Region that are open for free to the public. First Free Sunday allows thousands of people to access cultural experiences that they otherwise...
Is it safe to eat catfish caught in the Mississippi River? Curious Louisiana investigates.
The Advocate - Louisiana
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Louisiana residents with a penchant for fishing in the Mississippi River can skip the trip to the grocery store for their next Friday fish fry, because the experts have spoken: There is zero chance that eating catfish caught in the river will...
'The potential here is unreal.' LSU innovation leader sees Louisiana powering an energy renaissance
Nola - Louisiana
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With a $25 million donation from Shell, LSU three years ago created a new institute to support research aimed at issues facing the energy sector. Since then, the Institute for Energy Innovation has awarded grants to LSU scientists studying extreme...
St. Landry Parish schools LEAP scores improve in math, science
The Eunice News - Louisiana
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July 9, 2025
The St. Landry Parish LEAP scores in math and science improved in the 2025 tests compared to scores in 2024. The Louisiana Department of Education released the LEAP scores on July 3 showing statewide students improved in math scores while English...
Curious Louisiana finds the story behind Janice the Cat Lady
The Advocate - Louisiana
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When Lana Henry of Lafayette went to New Iberia's City Park in April, she couldn't help but notice a lovely swing with a metal cat and a plaque that reads, "Janice, the Cat Lady, 1960-2017." Henry said she was struck by the unusual memorial and...
Fecal Bacteria Levels Make These Louisiana Beaches the Least Safe
Classic Rock 105.1 - Louisiana
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July 10, 2025
Lafayette, Louisiana (KPEL) - Summertime in Louisiana means hitting the beaches. According to the Louisiana Department of Health, Louisiana is home to 23 public beaches. Louisiana's beaches are monitored on a weekly basis for water quality and...
Joint Committee approves contract for RISE technology funding of nearly $2 million
Natchitoches Times - Louisiana
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July 9, 2025
The Louisiana Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approved a nearly $2 million contract extension with education technology company Odyssey to continue managing the state’s new LA Giving All True Opportunity to RISE scholarship program...
LSU's first campus was inside what is now a national forest, Curious Louisiana investigates
The Advocate - Louisiana
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LSU didn't always stand among stately oaks along the Mississippi River, in Baton Rouge. If you're thinking that its original campus was located on the grounds now occupied by the Louisiana State Capitol's Capitol Park, think again. Capitol Park...
Louisiana's ethics laws for public officials are changing. See how and why it's contentious.
Nola - Louisiana
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Gov. Jeff Landry and the Legislature have changed how the Louisiana Board of Ethics operates, adding new rules to how it investigates allegations of conflicts of interest, nepotism and other forms of corruption. Supporters say they are protecting...
Iranian LSU doctoral students released from ICE detention, ACLU says
Nola - Louisiana
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A pair of LSU doctoral students from Iran have been freed more than two weeks after federal immigration agents detained them, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday. Pouria Pourhosseinhendabad, who was studying mechanical engineering,...
Historic New Orleans Collection previews renovation
Nola - Louisiana
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Mia Miller of the Historic New Orleans Collections takes a picture from the balcony during a tour of the $6.4 million renovation of the space which once housed K-Pauls restaurant in the French Quarter. The building neighbors the HNOC’s Williams...
New Orleans Pelicans Summer League 2025 roster, dates and complete schedule
Sportskeeda
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June 30, 2025
The New Orleans Pelicans made waves on draft night by trading up to snag Maryland’s Derik Queen, and they’ve now emerged as one of the more intriguing Summer League squads thanks to a strong crop of rookies. Along with Queen, the Pelicans selected...
Treme's Historic Carver Theater, a landmark of New Orleans Black culture, is set for auction
Nola - Louisiana
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Once advertised as “America’s finest theater exclusively for colored patrons,” the Carver Theater in Treme is headed to the auction block this month. The starting bid for the New Orleans landmark and surrounding parcels is $2 million in the online...
From beer to breakthrough: Baton Rouge partners are turning CO2 into ethanol
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - Louisiana
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July 3, 2025
A chance conversation at a Mid City gym in 2022 sparked a clean energy startup now gaining national recognition. As Business Report writes in its latest issue, Tin Roof Brewery founder William McGehee teamed up with LSU professor John Flake—who...
Trump's Fentanyl overdose rate lie exposed as charts reveal three-year decrease that's baffling doctors
The Mirror US
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July 16, 2025
As Donald Trump signed the HALT Fentanyl bill in Washington today, the President claimed that the Biden administration 'did nothing' about the overdose crisis - even though stats show that OD rates have decreased steadily in the last three years....
No high school class of 1949 in Louisiana? Readers offer evidence to the contrary
The Advocate - Louisiana
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Individual stories have been trickling in since the Curious Louisiana report on the state's addition of 12th grade in 1949. First of all, facts are facts. The State Department of Education did, indeed, issue a directive that would require 11th...
How did a barbershop manager rise to hotel owner? Curious Louisiana investigates
The Advocate - Louisiana
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The Roosevelt Hotel, at left, in 1960. FILE PHOTO Michael Martin has no doubt that if anyone knew the location of Huey P. Long's storied deduct box, it would have been Seymour Weiss. The deduct box was said to be a locked box where Long kept...