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Reporting from The Center Square
(Legal Newsline) – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has moved to intervene on behalf of the state in a state court case regarding a controversial NCAA eligibility rule.
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Reporting from Just the News
The 528-bed facility will house families with children, as well as unaccompanied minors and signed adult females, as they await removal.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Kirk Williamson had plans for a larger apartment project near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in New Orleans. Were it not for a city-mandated affordable housing provision, it might have been built.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The Louisiana Lottery Corporation sent more money to the state last fiscal year, but the share of each revenue dollar reaching a fund dedicated primarily to public schools fell for a second consecutive year.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - The price of natural gas at the Henry Hub in Louisiana averaged $2.93 per million British thermal units from June through August, about 6% less than last year, even though the Lower 48 U.S. states recorded the hottest July on record and the demand for electricity soared.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jamie Davis is urging a halt to new data center construction in Louisiana, worrying that too little is known about the water consumption needed to cool the massive complexes.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Shreveport Councilman Grayson Boucher is reflecting on what he got done, what he couldn't finish and what he hopes comes next for the city.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming has referred about $12.1 million in school expenditures for further review, including additional employee payments, meals, gifts and payments categorized as lobbying or political expenses.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - The Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed the House 417-3 two weeks ago, failed to advance in the Senate Wednesday. The procedural vote was 57-43, short of the 60 votes needed.
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Reporting from The Center Square
The Western District of Louisiana has become the latest federal court to put in place a rule requiring disclosure of third-party litigation funding (TPLF) arrangements by litigants who come before the court.
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