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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Louisiana voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to prohibit defendants convicted of certain aggravated crimes against children from being released on bail while appealing their convictions.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Louisiana hunters may use privately made suppressors, including those made using a 3D printer, if the firearm is legal for the season and the hunter may legally possess the device, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - As Sanctuary Apartments faces a water shutoff over unpaid bills, Shreveport officials said Tuesday the matter has been turned over to a white-collar crime unit.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Louisiana regulators Tuesday launched a 25-day public comment period to retroactively authorize repairs on the severely damaged Delfin Offshore Pipeline, which underwent an emergency replacement of a 105-foot section in Cameron Parish after a violent blowout in February.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — A Louisiana senator called for the repeal of a law backed by state Attorney General Liz Murrill after health care providers raised concerns that new criminal background check requirements are making it harder to hire workers, particularly in rural communities.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Louisiana wildlife agents will not cite hunters or seize their firearm suppressors simply because they lack federal tax stamps or registration papers, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced Monday.
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(The Center Square) — Louisiana Sen. Patrick McMath, R-Mandeville, is questioning whether one of the state's largest food banks is preventing smaller organizations from collecting surplus food from local grocery stores, a concern he hoped to address at a legislative hearing Monday.
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(The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Energy over the weekend authorized an emergency exchange of 4 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address supply disruptions in the Gulf of America caused by Hurricane Isaias.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Louisiana voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to give local governments greater flexibility to temporarily reduce property tax rates without permanently surrendering their authority to collect taxes at previously authorized levels.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A Louisiana Republican senator is calling for the cancellation of a planned livestream of the Fort Hood shooter's execution, saying it would turn justice into public entertainment.
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