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NOLA POLITICS
/ 4 months agoIranian New Orleans resident Mandonna Kashanian released from ICE custody, family says
Mandonna Kashanian, a 47-year New Orleans resident detained by immigration agents while gardening outside her Lakeview home last month, was set...
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 4 months agoFamily of Iranian woman released by ICE speaks out from New Orleans: ‘Overjoyed’
“We are overjoyed to have Donna back home with her family,” her family said in their first public remarks since reuniting.
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 4 months agoNew Orleans woman’s ICE arrest shows need for immigration overhaul, Steve Scalise says
Scalise helped secure the release of Donna Kashanian after reviewing his case file. Here’s what he thinks needs to happen in...
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 4 months agoCity Council overrides Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s veto of $20M for Charity Hospital
The unanimous vote marked at least the second time the Council has overridden a veto during Cantrell’s second term.
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 4 months agoShould Louisiana make balloon releases illegal? See inside the environmental, political debate.
At the dismay of environmental and wildlife advocates, the Louisiana governor vetoed a bill to ban balloon releases, saying it would...
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 4 months agoTrump-appointed council to overhaul FEMA meets in New Orleans. ‘Not political theater.’
Trump’s FEMA council, led by Kristi Noem, met amid U.S. floods to discuss major changes, including possibly shifting disaster response to...
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 4 months agoGov. Jeff Landry’s appointments to New Orleans’ embattled levee board raise new questions
Gov. Jeff Landry has appointed two new members to New Orleans’ levee board after a wave of resignations. One, a Katrina...
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 4 months agoElection qualifying opens for New Orleans mayor, council, sheriff. Here are the candidates.
Here’s the latest as candidates seal their spot on the ballots.
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 4 months agoWho is running for New Orleans mayor, council, sheriff? See who qualified this week.
With state Sen. Royce Duplessis filing his paperwork Thursday to enter the New Orleans mayor’s race, all four leading candidates have...
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 4 months agoPresident Donald Trump’s budget bill cuts Medicaid. Here’s what it means for Louisiana.
Louisiana has of the nation’s highest percentage of residents on Medicaid.


