New Orleans public works chief asks for help cleaning catch basins as City Hall faces backlog
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by BEN MYERS | Staff writer
11m ago
Mayor LaToya Cantrell's new public works director on Tuesday asked residents to help where they can in keeping catch basins clean and said City Hall has made a dent in the massive backlog of broken streetlights throughout the city even ..read more
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U.S. House approves naming Rayville post office after the late Luke Letlow
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by MARK BALLARD | Staff writer
4h ago
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House voted Tuesday to name Post Office in Rayville after Luke Letlow, who was elected to Congress in 2020 and died of COVID five days before he was to be sworn in to office ..read more
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Federal judges set deadline for new Louisiana congressional maps still in limbo
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by MARK BALLARD | Staff writer
4h ago
Louisiana’s six U.S. House members still don’t know the shape of the districts they’ll run for this fall. But they should know within a month, according to an order promulgated Tuesday by the panel of three federal judges overseeing the ..read more
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Andrew's Angle: Voter apathy is here and it's dangerous
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by ANDREW CANULETTE | Staff writer
4h ago
St. Tammany Parish voters made some strong statements at the polls on April 27 ..read more
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LaToya Cantrell heads to Montreal to attend climate conference in latest overseas trip
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by POET WOLFE | Staff writer
10h ago
Mayor LaToya Cantrell has traveled to Canada to attend a two-day climate conference, the latest of several overseas trips the mayor has taken in recent years, some of which sparked controversy for their cost ..read more
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Andrew's Angle: Voter apathy affects all St. Tammany residents
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by ANDREW CANULETTE | Staff writer
10h ago
St. Tammany Parish voters made some strong statements at the polls on April 27 ..read more
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Residents unhappy with Louisiana insurance crisis under Jeff Landry, Tim Temple, poll shows
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by SAM KARLIN | Staff writer
14h ago
Louisiana voters, unhappy with a property insurance crisis that has caused intense rate hikes, are broadly dissatisfied with Gov. Jeff Landry and Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple’s handling of the issue, according to a statewide poll conducted for the Times-Picayune ..read more
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New Orleans area business groups demand tighter gun restrictions in French Quarter
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by ANTHONY MCAULEY | Staff writer
1d ago
A coalition of New Orleans area business groups, including the city's main tourism marketing organization, have joined the call for a carveout for the French Quarter and downtown New Orleans from a new law that will allow people to carry ..read more
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Small insurers are growing in Louisiana. Will more go insolvent after the next big storm?
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by SAM KARLIN | Staff writer
2d ago
The dozen insurers that failed after two busy hurricane seasons left hundreds of thousands of Louisiana homeowners scrambling for new insurance policies at a time when premiums were soaring ..read more
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Jeff Landry, Louisiana lawmakers went too far on permitless concealed carry, poll shows
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by JOHN SIMERMAN | Staff writer
2d ago
Results of Advocate/Times-Picayune poll show electorate wary of law that takes effect in July ..read more
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