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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – New Orleans' sheriff, district attorney and Criminal District Court are seeking millions in additional funding for 2027, warning that the city's proposed budget could threaten prosecutions, court operations and jail staffing.
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(The Center Square) - Louisiana voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to allow more homeowners to qualify for a property tax freeze that keeps their home's taxable value from increasing as property values rise.
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(The Center Square) – Louisiana officials are working to protect a Korean War soldier’s exposed casket at a Baton Rouge cemetery.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Louisiana has agreed to accept approximately $350 million from BP rather than collect $373 million over the next seven years, trading $23 million in future payments for immediate access to the remaining money owed under the Deepwater Horizon economic damages settlement.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Louisiana added 36,000 payroll jobs over the past year, with construction accounting for more than half of the increase, according to preliminary figures Louisiana Works released Tuesday.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Two local ballot propositions are drawing opposition as early voting continues in Caddo Parish, with the parish's Libertarian Party opposing a $60 million sports complex bond and the Shreveport Police Officers Association opposing renewal of a downtown development tax.
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(The Center Square) — Entergy says it cannot build new nuclear power plants without financial backing from large industrial customers, underscoring the economic challenges facing Louisiana's push to expand nuclear energy as electricity demand surges.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Black voters are turning out at rates rarely seen in Louisiana's recent election history, accounting for nearly one-third of early ballots cast ahead of the Nov. 3 election, according to state election data.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Louisiana voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to prohibit private entities classified as foreign adversaries or their agents from using eminent domain to take property.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - More than 15,000 voters in Caddo and Bossier parishes had voted early in person or by absentee ballot through Wednesday, according to data released by the secretary of state's office.
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