. "did everything but triple-dog-dare us to sue him, and we're up for the challenge." -, who is representing and in a fight against over alleged violation of public records law.
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Investigations editor at The Times-Pic | The Advocate, based in New Orleans. Covering Louisiana shenanigans for 20 years. Rapidly aging kid in a candy store.
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'Monumental moment': Louisiana takes big step toward unprecedented land-building project -- If permits granted in December, construction could begin early 2023 nola.com/news/environme via
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This is great reporting from .
Reminder that in Louisiana, there is no law that allows for public scrutiny of DCFS records. We here are generally left to guess about how DCFS responded to allegations of child abuse. It's all locked in a black box.
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This is an extremely important story from on how Lake Charles was forgotten after facing devastating natural disasters, and how the same is likely to continue happening elsewhere as climate change makes natural disasters worse
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“Had Hurricane Laura hit another major city with more congressional support, with more population, I think things would have been very different.�
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Lake Charles, unfortunately, as served as Exhibit A for everything that's wrong with America's disaster-aid systems. Since May 2021, has been chronicling the city's struggle. Part 2 in our "Disaster After Disaster" series w/ :
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Interesting to see two former presidents of Louisiana universities — F King Alexander from LSU and from Dillard — in this story about our collective obsession with US News & World Report’s college rankings. Both say they’re overblown.
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After rape kit sat untested for over a year, NOPD officer charged with violent sex assault
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Lafayette's mayor Josh Guillory, facing increasing scrutiny from the media, says he wants to hike the cost of public records to $100 a page because the media won't stop "prying." theadvertiser.com/story/news/loc
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Round 1 of the New Orleans bike lane fight ended with a loss for cycling advocates. Will there be a Round 2?
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. chronicles the latest problems with Louisiana's least-regulated, and largest, fishery theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne via
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Will the blockbuster ruling from Judge Trudy White - yanking the air permits for Formosa's $9.4B plant - change how Louisiana regulates polluters? And what does it mean for the future of the Formosa plant itself? The latest from :
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Interesting data from 130 years ago. New Orleans was bringing up the rear on officer pay back then. But also getting by w/ just 274 cops at the time (w/ a population of 242K). Granted a lot has changed since.
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Money for a S&WB substation was held up by abortion politics. On Thursday, the logjam broke.
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The fight over New Orleans flood protection dollars--which @AGJeffLandry and other Republicans have voted to delay over New Orleans abortion policies--is flaring up again #lalege #lagov twitter.com/ShannonHeckt/s…
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At the State Bond Commission, a note from @AGJeffLandry is being read stating the line of credit for the NOLA sewage and water board should continue to be withheld. He is not at the meeting himself. #lalege #lagov
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NEW: The feds say Louisiana's plan to put teens in Angola is 'problematic’ and called for other solutions in a letter to state leaders. Internal records show worries among state employees that the plan risks loss of federal cash. With :
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Cape Cod in 1962:
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Climate change is causing a massive jump in power outages in Louisiana, report says
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The Hardee’s social media manager has waited a lifetime for a moment like this.
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Judge Trudy White, of 19th JDC in Baton Rouge, has thrown out the air permit Louisiana gave Formosa for its huge ($10B) planned plastics plant in St. James Parish. Enviros celebrating a big win. Q: Will this decision survive appeal? From :
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More than 7,000 daily temperature records across the United States were broken this summer, a Washington Post analysis of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows.
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More dangerous signs of weakness in Louisiana's property insurance marketplace: State's insurer of last resort is growing rapidly, wants 63% hike of its already high prices. From :
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NEW , and it's major:
Former Gov. Phil Bryant for months has said he halted state welfare funding for new USM volleyball stadium backed by NFL legend Brett Favre.
But never-before-seen texts reveal he actually helped Favre secure the funding.
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Horrifying story.
Not the first time Rapides Parish Sheriff's Dept. has been accused of botching sexual assault cases. In this story we published last yr, victim said they talked her out of getting a rape kit, took her less seriously bc she wasn't crying
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Brett Favre: Will the media find out that we're using welfare funds intended to help the poorest residents of America's poorest state to build a volleyball center?
Nancy New: Nah. Oh yeah, the governor is fully on board!
five years later:
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NEW: A woman sent undercover into a drug house was raped twice and then charged by Louisiana authorities just weeks after the recorded attack
"She was an addict," the lieutenant overseeing the meth buy told . "We just used her as an informant"
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‘The Only Way We Get out of There Is in a Pine Box’
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Should district attorneys be able to moonlight at law firms? Really interesting read from and :
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Louisiana state trooper takes plea deal in shooting of unarmed man during traffic stop
The plea deal concludes a rare case of a law enforcement agent facing criminal charges for use-of-force.
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The experimental effort to revive Louisiana's endangered whooping crane population had a veritable baby boom this year. nola.com/news/environme
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Yesterday marked the end of a federal trial over and 's plan to house youth offenders at Angola amid crisis in the state's youth justice system. We'll have more reporting in the days ahead, but for now, here's a big takeaway:
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This graphic about where people go after college is ENLIGHTENING and probably something my dad would have cut out from the newspaper if it was in there in 2002. washingtonpost.com/business/2022/
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Story: Jeff Landry appears to be launching his long-expected bid for governor at his biggest political fundraiser, an alligator hunt in St. Martinville. #lalege #lagov theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne via
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There were quite a few predictions this would happen
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The shelf life on IV Waste's lowball recycling bid was less than 10 days after it won a city sanitation contract. The company's recycling strategy relied on a facility that officials decided to close just days after the award.
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In Louisiana, Actions of Deputy Who Dragged Woman by Her Hair Deemed “Reasonable and Acceptable� propublica.org/article/jeffer by
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