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Barksdale Airmen Help Secure New Drone Restrictions Across Louisiana
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 8, 2025
BARKSDALE AFB, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES 07.01.2025 BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. – Airmen from the 2nd Bomb Wing Judge Advocate’s Office coordinated with Louisiana state representatives to update a law clarifying the unlawful use of unmanned...
Fate of the weather gods? How a door at University of Delaware led Jay Grymes to Baton Rouge
Nola - Louisiana
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Looking back now, Jay Grymes realizes his fate was subject to forces beyond his control. Maybe it was the weather gods, who obviously didn't care that weather wasn't his particular interest — a strange fact about someone who would eventually be...
Fecal bacteria makes Cameron Parish beaches Louisiana’s least safe
Louisiana Illuminator
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July 8, 2025
Nearly two-thirds of Louisiana beaches tested positive for harmful levels of fecal bacteria last year, according to a new report on potential health risks at America’s coastal recreation areas. The testing from the Environment America Research and...
How will the 'Big Beautiful Bill' change Louisiana? What it means for tax cuts, Medicaid, more
Nola - Louisiana
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After months of infighting and political haggling, Republican Congressional lawmakers in Washington D.C. came together to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill, President Donald Trump's main policy agenda, last week. The act, which Trump signed into law...
What happened to the Old Hickory Railroad in Jackson? Curious Louisiana investigates.
The Advocate - Louisiana
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Some visitors share memories of the Old Hickory Railroad with Andy Martin. Others ask if the railroad will be revived, but Martin doesn't know. He was the engineer for the amusement park-style railroad that once gave visitors tours around Jackson,...
DXP Acquires Louisiana Pump Company
Industrial Distribution - Wisconsin
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July 7, 2025
DXP Enterprises announced Monday that it has acquired Moores Pump & Services, a provider of pumping systems and rotating equipment across the Gulf Coast region. DXP officials said that the Louisiana-based company’s offerings include fabrication...
Louisiana LEAP scores show student improvement in NWLA
KTBS 3 - Louisiana
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SHREVEPORT, La. - The Louisiana Department of Education has released the latest results from the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP), and the findings show promising academic gains for students in multiple districts — particularly in...
2025 LEAP scores are in. How did your Louisiana school or district do? Search here.
Nola - Louisiana
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This year's state tests were a mixed bag for Louisiana students. Scroll down to search for individual school and district results. Math was a clear bright spot: The share of students in grades 3-8 who met state targets on the annual LEAP tests...
Could off-bottom oyster production solve Louisiana’s oyster woes?
WRKF - Louisiana
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July 8, 2025
GRAND ISLE, La. – Not all jewels shine deep-green like emeralds or have the sparkle of diamonds. Some tumble from algae-coated cages in a rush of rock and shell, briny water splashing alongside them onto the boat deck. These fine commodities are...
New Study Uncovers Uneven Land Subsidence in New Orleans, Heightening Flood Risk Concerns
Bioengineer.org
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June 27, 2025
New Orleans Faces Critical Infrastructure Challenge as Land Subsides at Alarming Rates New Orleans, a city revered for its rich cultural heritage and vibrant landscapes, is undergoing a slow yet palpable transformation that threatens its very...
Louisiana students make gains in math, see some declines in English on 2025 LEAP tests
Nola - Louisiana
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Louisiana’s younger students made modest gains on state tests this spring while high schoolers saw a slight overall decline, according to LEAP test scores released Thursday. This year’s results are a mixed bag for the state, which saw student...
New Orleans activists protest U.S. military attacks on Iran
WWNO - Louisiana
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June 24, 2025
Antonia Mar stepped up to the microphone on Monday (June 23) to address dozens of protesters at the Hale Boggs Federal Building about their opposition to any further American involvement in the Middle East. “Our position is that the U.S. does not...
Louisiana created a market to reduce water pollution. Will it actually work?
Louisiana Illuminator
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July 3, 2025
Imagine you love cherry cheesecake, and you’re happy to find out that your local bakery makes the delicious, decadent dessert every Saturday. But they only make a certain amount per week; after that, there’s no more. Your neighbors also love...
Untargeted Facial Recognition is Unvetted and Unsafe: New Orleans City Council Should Reject It
Center for Democracy & Technology
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June 27, 2025
Part one of this two part series regarding New Orleans’ dragnet facial recognition program is available here. The New Orleans City Council is set to vote on an ill-conceived ordinance that would facilitate the use of untargeted facial recognition...
Editorial: To our Texas neighbors, Louisiana stands ready to help after flooding
Nola - Louisiana
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The scenes out of Texas over the weekend were all too devastatingly familiar to many Louisianans: Houses wiped off their foundations. Mangled cars and trees lying in a wrecked landscape. And the water —everywhere the water, even in places it...
Sections of New Orleans floodwalls are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, study finds
Nola - Louisiana
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Scientists have made an unsettling discovery about parts of New Orleans’ $15 billion hurricane protection system: They’re sinking faster than sea levels are rising. Using radar measurements taken from satellites, new research published Friday from...
Louisiana schools brace for possible cuts after Trump administration withholds $7 billion
The Advocate - Louisiana
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Louisiana schools are bracing for potentially painful cuts, including to after-school programs and teacher training, after the Trump administration said this week that it is withholding nearly $7 billion in education grants. About 22,000 Louisiana...
New Orleans may be the 'toughest real estate market in America,' new study finds
The Advocate - Louisiana
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June 23, 2025
New Orleans surely doesn't need a new "bottom of the pile" ranking weighing it down. But a new study by the University of Mississippi ranks its residential real estate market dead last out of 100 U.S. cities studied. The news is only a bit better...
Study finds some parts of New Orleans' flood walls sinking nearly 2 inches per year
AOL
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New Orleans — As the Atlantic hurricane season has gotten underway, a new study published Friday by researchers at Tulane University reveals hotspots in New Orleans' concrete flood walls which had been strengthened in the aftermath of Hurricane...
Mariah the Scientist Responds to Rihanna Shouting Out Her Song as a Go-to Karaoke Pick: 'Call Me!' (Exclusive)
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW Mariah the Scientist is responding after Rihanna recently shouted out her song "Burning Blue" as her go-to karaoke pick "I felt like I have been waiting on this, okay?" the R&B singer tells PEOPLE Mariah performed at the 2025 Essence...