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网页2024年9月25日 · Investigations. Our Investigative Coverage Includes: exploring how fraud and waste cost Louisiana taxpayers. confronting decision-makers who fall short of the public's best interest. exposing how those in power ignore marginalized communities. diving into data to understand how it shapes policy. READ MORE.
Vaccine legislation is a loser in Louisiana, but misinformation wins ...
网页1 天前 · Louisiana is one of the least vaccinated states in the nation, with just 55% of eligible residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control cited by the New York Times.Most Louisiana residents also oppose COVID vaccine mandates, polling from LSU’s Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs found.
Lack of translation services pervasive in Louisiana immigration ...
网页6 小时之前 · Before joining Verite, Bobbi-Jeanne Misick reported on people behind bars in immigration detention centers and prisons in the Gulf South as a senior reporter for the Gulf States Newsroom, a collaboration between NPR, WWNO in New Orleans, WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama and MPB-Mississippi Public Broadcasting in Jackson.
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网页6 天之前 · BY: Lorena O'Neil - September 27, 2024. NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana hospitals have scrambled to update their guidelines for misoprostol, a common pregnancy care medication that a new state law will reclassify as a controlled dangerous substance starting Oct. 1. Misoprostol is used for a variety of medical …
Louisiana may have reached trigger for a personal income tax cut …
网页2024年9月25日 · Starting July 1, 2026, the impact of the income tax reduction would be a loss of $200 million to $400 million in state revenue per year. It would bring the projected budget shortfall for fiscal year 2027-28 to more than $1 billion. The income tax cut might come to fruition, but it isn’t a certainty yet. The 2021 state law provides for income ...
Louisiana’s top Democrat hopes next generation will help rebuild …
网页2024年9月23日 · The Democratic Party has lost 58% of its voter plurality in the state since 2021, according to Baton Rouge pollster John Couvillon. Of Louisiana’s roughly 3 million registered voters, 1,130,553 are Democrats, 1,035,961 are Republicans, and 834,164 have minor or no party affiliations. It is Gaines’ first year chairing the state central ...
LDEQ, Ascension agree to handle ‘red dust’ from alumina plant.
网页2024年8月20日 · Residents in one corner of Ascension Parish have grown used to red dust storms that originate from the LAlumina facility in Sorrento.
Louisiana Illuminator accepted in the Local Media Association's …
网页2024年8月21日 · The Local Media Association has chosen the Louisiana Illuminator as one of 17 news organizations to participate in the 2024 cohort of the its Lab for Journalism Funding.. The lab will help these local news organizations develop and execute strategies to fund essential local journalism via philanthropy.
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网页ABOUT US. The Louisiana Illuminator is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization driven by its mission to cast light on how decisions are made in Baton Rouge and how they affect the lives of everyday Louisianians, particularly those who are poor or otherwise marginalized. Here readers will find in-depth investigations and news ...
Louisiana Senate votes to dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars …
网页2021年6月7日 · The Louisiana Senate voted unanimously Monday to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in funding that currently goes to higher education, health care services, prisons and child welfare to transportation projects.