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Lake Charles mayor sued for withholding nearly 300 pages of emails from public records request
The mayor of Lake Charles faces a lawsuit for withholding more than 300 pages of public records containing his emails.
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The Louisiana ethics board is trying to rein in PAC spending. Lawmakers are balking.
The Louisiana Board of Ethics has quietly clamped down on political action committee (PAC) spending for over a year, angering ...
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ExxonMobil could receive millions in tax breaks for proposed recycling facility with no new jobs
A state board is expected to vote Wednesday on tax breaks for an ExxonMobil recycling facility that won’t create any new ...
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New solar farm comes online in Franklinton
A new utility-scale solar farm went online Monday in Washington Parish, generating enough electricity to power roughly 11,500 ...
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Louisiana opens alternate early voting site to avoid Taylor Swift concert traffic
Louisiana’s chief elections official has authorized a temporary alternative voting site for certain precincts in Orleans ...
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First day of lawsuit against Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law pits history vs. religion
A federal judge heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit that seeks to block a Louisiana law to require displays of the Ten Commandments in classrooms.