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Bob Marshall: Greenhouse gas reversal is ominous for south Louisiana The Trump administration’s rollback of a scientific finding that served as the backbone for federal climate change policy is terrible news for Louisiana, columnist Bob Marshall writes.

This isn’t more “sky is falling” rhetoric from climate extremists. It’s the finding of some cold, hard facts.
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Jefferson Parish leaders fight over West Bank levee board in financial turmoil The Lafitte Area Independent Levee District, tasked with providing levees and flood protection to the residents of Jean Lafitte, Crown Point and Barataria, doesn’t own any equipment, not even a

A consequence of the original “don’t include levees outside the main levee system in SLFPA-W” legislative decision.

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Apparent strike in Iran's capital happened near offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei An apparent strike in Iran’s capital Saturday happened near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

AP story with more details

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Live Updates: Israel Says It has Launched an Attack on Iran

And so it begins:

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[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, three-quarter length portrait, before delivering his Cooper Union address in New York City] / Brady, N.Y. 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. | Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right.

A real president. Abe Lincoln 166 years ago today, just before his election. www.loc.gov/resource/cph...

Get the Lead Out: How New Orleans can reduce toxic heavy metal exposure - Verite News New Orleans Case studies of two cities and a state that faced lead contamination problems may give New Orleans a roadmap to cleaning its pollution.

Verite News spoke with experts in Michigan, Indiana, and Rhode Island to learn how their communities implemented successful lead reduction efforts in recent years, with the aim of finding options that could be applied in New Orleans.
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A professor challenged the Smithsonian. Security shut the gallery. As President Donald Trump seeks to reshape museums and other cultural institutions, historian James Millward has been “guerrilla teaching” visitors about changes that have been made.

The Institution was founded in 1846 with funds from the Englishman James Smithson (1765–1829) according to his wishes “under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Until Trump?

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Fact-Checking Trump’s State of the Union Speech

The numerous lies and exaggerations in Trump’s SOTU

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Fortified but still in peril, New Orleans braces for its future: Our Drowning Coast Burnell Cotlon lost everything in Hurricane Katrina -- "just like everyone else," he said. When the flawed floodwall bordering his neighborhood in the Lower 9th Ward gave way in August

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This memory popped up on Facebook today. The need for such partnerships between news organizations to bolster coverage of important local issues is even more important today!

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Judge who allowed FBI to search Washington Post reporter’s home rips into Justice Department | CNN Politics A federal judge ripped into the Justice Department on Friday for failing to inform him of the applicability of a law intended to protect journalists from government searches and seizures when it asked...

“Ms. Natanson has been deprived of basically her life’s work,” Porter said during the hearing, echoing comments from her lawyer that she’s been unable to continue reporting and gathering confidential sources following the raid.
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Trump's climate rule reversal raises stakes for hurricane-prone Louisiana The EPA is moving to repeal the endangerment finding — the legal backbone of U.S. climate rules. Here’s what that could mean for Louisiana’s hurricanes, insurance crisis and energy industry.

Trump’s endangerment finding repeal will speed sea level rise, higher hurricane storm surges, and speed the need to spend billions elevating Louisiana’s levees to keep them at 100-year levels.

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Professor removed from research team after revealing Lake Maurepas pollution awaits decision A Southeastern Louisiana University professor removed from a research project after revealing pollution in Lake Maurepas now awaits a decision on whether she can return to her role after a

“I came to the United States for freedom of speech and freedom of scientific inquiry,” she said. “To be repressed like this here too has shaken me to my core.”
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A project unique worldwide is unlocking mysteries of Louisiana's marsh. 'Really fascinating.' The project is now in its 20th year of operation, stretching from the chenier plains of the state’s southwest to the sinking soils at the Mississippi’s mouth.

Some monitoring stations, once on land, are now in open water. Others sit within marsh that has proven surprisingly resilient.

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Federal appeals court allows Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law to take effect Louisiana public schools got the go-ahead to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms after a federal appeals court on Friday lifted an order that had stopped the state from enforcing a law requiring t...

What will SCOTUS do with this?
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Trump rips Louisiana's Amy Coney Barrett for tariff ruling: 'Embarrassment to their families' The president said Barrett and her fellow Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch were “an embarrassment to their families.”

When asked if he regretted nominating Barrett and fellow Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Trump declined to answer but called their ruling “an embarrassment to their families.”
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House Speaker Mike Johnson denies request for Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in US Capitol House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office has denied a request to have the late Rev. Jesse Jackson lie in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda due to precedents that such honors are usually only desig...

Or how to turn your back on most Black residents in your state.
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Toxic tap: Lead detected in 6 of 10 New Orleans homes' water Because of contract disputes, cost and legislative hurdles, it will likely take years before the remainder of the city’s tens of thousands of lead pipes are replaced. In the meantime, experts say resi...

The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans’ inventory showed all of the homes with lead detected likely had lead pipes on the city’s side of the meter.
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Federal judge accuses Trump administration of 'terror' against immigrants in scathing ruling A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts to deport millions of people living in the country illegally.

Judge adds a bit of Sunshine, explains to Trump that his minions are acting like terrorists.
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Replacing natural gas lines in my front yard, part of year-long effort to update water and drainage lines on our street. Hoping they finish all the work by start of hurricane season!

New Trump administration order could lead to the detention of thousands of legal refugees The Trump administration has issued a sweeping new order that could lead to the arrest of tens of thousands of refugees who are lawfully in the United States but do not yet have permanent residency.

Is this the real purpose of establishing hundreds of "camps" to hold "prisoners" nationwide? How is this not like Nazi Germany? When will Congress step in?
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The vanishing newspaper cartoonist - Editor and Publisher When Rob Tornoe sat down with two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Walt Handelsman, the conversation was less about one retirement and more about an extinction. Handelsman’s decision to put down his pen mar...

Ronald Reagan:“Your humor helps give America’s political dialogue its characteristic humanity. And in doing that, you keep us here in Washington from taking ourselves too seriously, and I can’t think of any greater service to our national sanity than that.”
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Louisiana vinyls plant set for expansion to incinerate hazardous waste. State issues key permits. In justifying permits, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality tells opponents parish has 'no pollution crisis'

The new operation will increase toxic and other kinds of air pollutants in an already heavily industrialized zone of eastern Ascension Parish that fell in the 99th percentile nationally for toxic emissions in 2024, according to EPA's now-shuttered EJ Screen database.

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Photos: Zulu parades in New Orleans Click here to view this item from NOLA.com.

Zulu!

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Photos: Beads, bands & royal cheers — Rex brings Carnival to a roaring finish in New Orleans Click here to view this item from NOLA.com.

Rex!

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Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84

I covered Jackson at several campaign stops during the 1988 presidential race. My favorite Jackson line, describing low-income workers of color: “They take the early bus, every day.”

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