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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Louisiana voters will decide Nov. 3 whether local governments should be allowed to spend public money to replace hazardous drinking water lines on private property.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Liquefied natural gas exporter Venture Global has announced plans to build a 10-gigawatt off-grid power network to supply artificial intelligence data centers that would be located on land the company owns near its terminals in Plaquemines and Cameron parishes.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — The FBI has declined to identify a mysterious white powder mailed to Louisiana's Secretary of State's office last week, as federal investigators examine similar suspicious letters sent to election offices in at least 32 states.
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(The Center Square) – Louisiana agencies report payments to nongovernmental entities inconsistently under a state transparency law, according to a legislative auditor’s report that tracked nearly $3.3 billion in payments over four fiscal years.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Louisiana voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to lower tax bills for homeowners 65 and older while reducing revenue for local governments.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Louisiana's new mandate requiring public school students to read at least one state-approved work of classic literature each year is scheduled to become permanent Tuesday, with education officials having released a list of 100 books from which schools can select.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Republican Caddo Parish Commissioner John-Paul Young reported more contributions than any other Shreveport mayoral candidate while incumbent Republican Mayor Tom Arceneaux holds the biggest war chest, according to the latest campaign finance filings ahead of Election Day.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno's proposed 2027 budget would eliminate 75% of the Department of Sanitation's authorized positions, laying off 37 employees, as the city attempts to close a roughly $100 million budget gap.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Louisiana is using 15 investigators working overtime to address overdue child protection investigations in Baton Rouge, where nearly three-quarters of the state’s backlog is concentrated.
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(The Center Square) – Republican state Sen. Blake Miguez has amassed more than $6.6 million in campaign receipts in Louisiana's 6th Congressional District race, far outpacing his opponents financially despite polling that suggests the contest remains competitive.
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