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Louisiana education dept. turnover high under new chief

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — State education leaders cite multiple possible factors behind the high employee turnover at ... Read more

Louisiana college uses pandemic money to pay student debt

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana junior college is using federal COVID-19 relief money to eliminate student debt ... Read more

Louisiana reports 3rd-highest daily COVID-19 count

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana health officials reported 5,388 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday ... Read more

Louisiana lawmakers embark on the unknown: A veto session

By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers Tuesday enter uncharted territory, holding their ... Read more

Louisiana heads into historic veto session with uncertainty

By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Ahead of the opening of an unprecedented veto ... Read more

State official: Wear masks, go online as virus cases rise

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The commissioner of Louisiana’s Office of Motor Vehicles is encouraging people who come ... Read more

Amid COVID-19 spike, Louisiana names vaccine lottery winners

By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana announced the first winners of its COVID-19 ... Read more

COVID spike not prompting mask mandate for Louisiana schools

By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Despite climbing numbers of COVID-19 cases around Louisiana, ... Read more

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Pandemic garbage boom ignites debate over waste as energy

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America remains awash in refuse as new cases of ... Read more

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Miami’s South Beach confronts disastrous spring break

By KELLI KENNEDY and CODY JACKSON Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s famed South Beach is ... Read more