It’s the final weekend before Mardi Gras, which means big fun and hopefully big revenues for Louisiana. Here’s more…
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Governor John Bel Edwards welcomes the return of Carnival this year but would like to break the trend of measuring the success of the season by just how much garbage is left behind. Edwards is asking parade-goers not to leave their trash along the route…
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Louisiana U-S Senator John Kennedy says it’s time to expel Russian President Vladimir Putin from the international community for attacking Ukraine. Kennedy is calling for a stop to all exports to Russia and the U-S should not only sanction Russian banks and government officials but also rich business leaders who keep Putin in power…
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Former Louisiana congressman Cedric Richmond is playing a major role in the selection of the next U-S Supreme Court Justice. Richmond joined the White House in 2021 as President Biden’s director of community engagement and has been serving among the advisors who helped vet Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson before her nomination to the nation’s highest court this past week. Richmond has been preparing Judge Brown for the confirmation process. If confirmed, Jackson will serve as the 116th associate justice of the U-S Supreme Court and become the first Black woman to do so.
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A drive-by shooting near the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge Friday afternoon left two dead and two others injured. Baton Rouge police believe that the victims and perpetrators were known to one another and stress that the shooting was an isolated and targeted incident, not a random act of violence.
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