Fired up by a labor movement that’s seen big union victories recently, dollar store workers are organizing in their own way to improve work conditions.
Louisiana Considered
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Gov. John Bel Edwards and East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome toured a long-awaited dredging project now underway at the University Lakes Thursday, as contractors begin work revitalizing the neglected features of the Louisiana State University campus.
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A growing number of states are setting up state-funded education savings accounts, or ESAs, to give more students education opportunities outside of public schools. This year, Louisiana would have joined them if not for a pair of vetoes by Gov. John Bel Edwards. But Republican lawmakers and lobbyists have shown their willingness to bide their time in hopes of securing a victory in the next major battle for school choice.
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For the first time, Port Fourchon's staff has begun thinking about the maritime industry’s role in climate change, and they’re reimagining the port’s future as the world looks to transition away from fossil fuels.
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Flooding is happening with more frequency and lasting longer, changing floodplain habitats. Invasive species are working their way further up the river and into its tributaries. And despite efforts to curb pollution running off land and into the river, the dead zone where the Mississippi empties into the Gulf of Mexico still persists.Advocates for the river are hoping that a proposed federal funding program, modeled after an effort to clean up the Great Lakes, could change that trajectory.
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Recent deaths in prisons across the Gulf South have highlighted issues from staffing to healthcare to climate change. An expert on deaths in custody discusses how they can be prevented.
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A Louisiana appeals court has ruled the state’s near-total abortion ban can take effect — but the decision still requires a formal order from a lower court judge for the law to be enforced.
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Public health officials across the country have complained they don’t have nearly enough monkeypox vaccine to meet demand for a growing outbreak. As of Friday, Louisiana has been allocated a little over 9,200 of the over 1 million shots the U.S. Government is distributing, though it won’t receive all of those doses at once.
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A town spared by New Mexico's biggest wildfire could run out of water in a few weeks because the fire contaminated its supply. The race is on for an expensive fix.
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In 2001, author and journalist Ahmed Rashid wrote the definitive account of the Taliban and its origins. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly now speaks with Rashid, a year after the Taliban re-took Afghanistan.
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A recent United Nations report accuses Rwanda of supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. United States Secretary of State Blinken is visiting both countries to try to cool tensions.
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Fox News had begun to distance itself from Trump recently, as the Jan. 6 panel cast him in harsh light. The FBI raiding Mar-a-Lago has right-wing media, including Fox, snapping back to his defense.
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The dominant issue in the Los Angeles mayor's race is homelessness. But a solution may not be in the mayor's hands. That leaves voters trying to make sense of candidates' promises for a solution.
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