The U.S. House voted 232 to 197 Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump with Incitement of Insurrection. The Louisiana Republican Congressional Delegation voted against impeachment, including Metairie Congressman Steve Scalise, who says impeachment will only serve to further divide the nation.
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Scalise says the earliest the Senate could take up Trump’s trial would be January 20th, the day he leaves the Oval Office.

The state’s lone Democratic Congressman, Cedric Richmond of New Orleans, says the President can’t be let off the hook this time.
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Richmond also accused some of his Republican colleagues of being co-conspirators in the Capitol attack. He did not name any lawmakers by name.

According to the personal finance website WalletHub, the average Louisiana smoker pays out $1.8 million over a lifetime to support their habit….
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The Army Corps of Engineers has proposed constructing a 30-mile long Upper Barataria levee system in southeast Louisiana that would protect West Bank residents in six parishes from a so-called 100-year storm. Corps Flood Risk Management Section Chief Travis Creel says the price tag is two billion dollars…
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The project needs Congress to approve the funding.