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Louisiana’s budget problems have many criticizing the tax incentives for the entertainment industry, which cost the state about $250-million last year....
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A New Orleans school board member faces a federal charge in an alleged bribery scheme.U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced the charge against Ira Thomas…
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A couple of years ago, law enforcement in Baton Rouge decided to try a different approach to tackling violent crime.The Baton Rouge Area Violence...
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New Orleans police started accepting applications Monday from former officers interested in working in the reserve unit. The move is aimed at backing up…
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New Orleans is a city of desperate violence, but those neighborhoods most plagued by a wanton disregard for life — parts of Central City, say, or New…
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State troopers will be on duty in New Orleans through May.The New Orleans Advocate reports the move to stay beyond Mardi Gras is designed to ease public…
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A historic New Orleans cemetery will soon be off-limits to tourists on their own because of repeated tomb vandalism.Starting in March, entry to St. Louis…
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says a female whooping crane released about a year ago has been shot in Vermilion Parish and had to be…
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Residents and businesses in the French Quarter will be holding a rally Tuesday in Jackson Square, calling for more police protection. They want action by…