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NOLA POLITICS
/ 3 months agoS&WB lead pipe replacement on hold amid bid protest
A long-delayed effort to replace up to 85,000 lead water pipes in New Orleans has been pushed back yet again. Here’s...
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 3 months agoGov. Jeff Landry shakes up leadership at Louisiana’s struggling child welfare agency
The governor has stepped in with the Department of Children & Family Services under scrutiny for staffing shortages.
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 3 months agoFiring of New Orleans chief electrical inspector upheld
The July 14 decision follows Nha Do’s termination appeal, which has unfolded over the last year after a hearing officer said...
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 3 months agoHow Speaker Mike Johnson juggled infighting over Epstein files to get legislation passed
Johnson’s biggest challenge in passing the “recission” bill was a Republican fight over what information the Trump administration should release about...
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 3 months agoBoard members question hiring of new director at New Orleans-area flood authority
The agency has been without a leader as hurricane season gets underway. But board members are questioning whether the new hire...
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 3 months agoWhat will Julia Letlow do next? It’s the biggest question in Louisiana politics.
What will Julia Letlow do? The member of Congress has three alluring choices.
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 3 months agoTop Louisiana GOP political figures weigh in on library employee gender pronoun controversy
Luke Ash says a Louisiana library fired him because he refused to use someone’s preferred gender pronouns.
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/ 3 months agoLouisiana woman who evacuated campers from Camp Mystic during Texas floods gets high honor
Emma Foltz was a counselor at Camp Mystic, where at least 27 people died.
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 3 months agoMid-Barataria Diversion, Louisiana’s biggest coastal project, now officially dead
The state on Thursday officially canceled the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, Louisiana’s biggest-ever coastal restoration project, and moved to replace it with...
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NOLA POLITICS
/ 3 months ago$1.1B in public broadcasting funding could be cut. How Louisiana stations are responding.
“Like the people who turned Louisiana from a mosquito-ridden wilderness into a hospitable haven, we’ll adapt and make the most of...