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October 28, 2021 at 9:02 am

Louisiana senators to review State Police use-of-force rules

The Louisiana Senate has created a special committee to dig into complaints about the use of excessive force by the State Police.

October 26, 2021 at 3:34 pm

Louisiana lifts mask mandate amid sharp drop in COVID cases

Louisiana is ending its statewide indoor mask mandate after emerging from its latest and worst coronavirus spike of the pandemic and seeing a sharp decline...

October 26, 2021 at 12:37 pm

Louisiana to get $595M federal disaster aid for Laura, Delta

Louisiana will receive $595 million in federal disaster block grant aid to help with housing restoration and other recovery needs from last year’s back-to-back blows...

October 14, 2021 at 10:25 am

$4.5B clean energy complex planned for southeast Louisiana

Industrial gas supplier Air Products has announced it will build a $4.5 billion clean energy facility in Louisiana’s capital region.

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September 10, 2021 at 3:48 pm

Louisiana police boss says he’s open to federal oversight

The head of the Louisiana State Police says he wants to know why 67% of his agency’s uses of force in recent years have been...

September 8, 2021 at 10:41 am

Ida deaths rise by 11 in New Orleans; Louisiana toll now 26 VIEW

Officials have raised Hurricane Ida's death toll in Louisiana to 26

September 7, 2021 at 1:50 pm

After Ida deaths, Louisiana revokes nursing home licenses VIEW

Louisiana health officials are revoking the licenses of seven nursing homes that were evacuated to a warehouse where residents died after Hurricane Ida amid conditions...

A roof is covered with tarps on Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, in Kenner, La., a week after Hurricane Ida swept through the area. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) LAORS503 LAORS503

September 7, 2021 at 10:10 am

Hurricane Ida power outages, misery persist 9 days later VIEW

More than 400,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana still don’t have power nine days after Hurricane Ida. And more than half of the gas stations...

September 3, 2021 at 3:02 pm

Louisiana investigating deaths of Ida nursing home evacuees VIEW

The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes that were evacuated to a warehouse where four residents died after Hurricane Ida faced prior criticism after a...

The French Quarter of New Orleans, blacked out after Hurricane Ida downed power lines throughout the area, on August 30, 2021. The city’s industry has been battered by the pandemic and was looking forward to a big Labor Day weekend. Ida has washed those hopes away. (Edmund D. Fountain/The New York Times) XNYT150 XNYT150

September 2, 2021 at 10:00 pm

Power to be restored to New Orleans by middle of next week VIEW

At least 13 deaths were blamed on Hurricane Ida in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, and about 850,000 people in Louisiana, including much of New Orleans,...