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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Shreveport City Council member James Green faces Caddo Parish Commissioner John Atkins in the Nov. 3 election to replace Foster Campbell in the Louisiana Public Service Commission’s 5th District, an area stretching across 24 parishes from the Mississippi line to the Texas border.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - The Shreveport administration now supports moving up a proposed 3% raise for roughly 1,000 city employees rather than making them wait until March 2027, Chief Administrative Officer Tom Dark said Tuesday.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Louisiana will move intake for its EarlySteps program from contractors to state regional offices within the existing $6.6 million annual funding allocation, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The New Orleans District Attorney's Office is seeking $2,000 to care for Karissa, a black Labrador retriever who comforts crime victims and witnesses, bringing the office's expenses for the dog to more than $8,000 since 2023.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Six years after a Louisiana police officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop, his police chief has been arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars donated to the officer's family.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Louisiana voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to allow property tax breaks for owners who restore abandoned or rundown buildings across the state.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Shreveport officials will calculate the cost of accelerating pay raises for city employees after council members pushed to move those increases closer to the proposed Dec. 1 raises for police officers and firefighters.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Cheniere Energy announced Thursday that it had signed agreements to supply QatarEnergy with up to 4 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas annually through 2054 from the company’s export plants in Louisiana and Texas.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Outgoing Shreveport Councilman Grayson Boucher is backing Councilman Alan Jackson's bid for another term representing District E, citing his experience and commitment to the city.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – While Gov. Jeff Landry claims to have "tackled" legacy lawsuits targeting the oil and gas industry, more than two dozen have been filed in Louisiana over the past year, including eight in October alone.
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