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Guest column: Americorps is a vital lifeline for young people and Louisiana communities
Nola - Louisiana
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AmeriCorps is a strategic investment in our state and our country’s future. The recent decision to cancel over $2.6 million in AmeriCorps grants in Louisiana is nothing short of a crisis. These cuts affect 330 members and strip nearly 50,000...
Local veteran: Louisiana played pivotal role in Revolutionary War
The American Press - Louisiana
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July 4, 2025
Local veteran: Louisiana played pivotal role in Revolutionary War Published 4:37 am Friday, July 4, 2025 Alfred Cochran, a member of the Mayor’s Armed Forces Commission and a Vietnam War veteran, said the then-Spanish Governor of Louisiana,...
Freed from jail, activist Mahmoud Khalil seizes new public platform
BDNews24
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US President Donald Trump's fight with elite American universities was only a few days old when federal immigration agents arrested the Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil at his Columbia University apartment building in New York in March....
Guest column: The Meta project is huge for northeast Louisiana. Let's keep the momentum going.
The Advocate - Louisiana
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July 4, 2025
Richland Parish is now home to one of the most significant economic development projects in Louisiana’s history. Meta has single-handedly transformed northeast Louisiana into a critical hub in the nation’s digital infrastructure network — bringing...
Amid ‘No Kings’ activism, ‘Free America’ protests to take over US on July 4: Locations and more to know
Financial Express
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While US President Donald Trump is planning an expansive slate of celebrations to commemorate the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, his critics have no plans of bumping the brakes...
Louisiana LEAP scores show student improvement in NWLA
KTBS 3 - Louisiana
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SHREVEPORT, La. - The Louisiana Department of Education has released the latest results from the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP), and the findings show promising academic gains for students in multiple districts — particularly in...
Essence Fest fuels New Orleans economy despite dip in hotel occupancy
WWL - Louisiana
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July 3, 2025
This year may bring a little less than in years past, though with lower hotel occupancy rates compared to last year. NEW ORLEANS — For the past few decades, Essence Fest has been a fixture in New Orleans' summer events, and this year is no...
200 Marines head to Florida in support of ICE as military takes stronger stance on immigration
Fox News
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July 4, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed back against criticism from Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., who claimed during a Senate Appropriations Committee that Marines deploying to Los Angeles anti-ICE riots jeopardizes military readiness. NEWYou can now...
Trump sending U.S. Marines to Florida to help with ICE immigration raids; ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ opens
KULR 8 - Montana
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July 4, 2025
The U.S. is sending “approximately 200 Marines” to Florida to help the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with raids, arrests and detentions of undocumented migrants. The U.S. military’s Northern Command announced the domestic...
'Big, beautiful bill': Louisiana lawmakers react to bill heading to President Trump's desk
WDSU 6 - Louisiana
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July 4, 2025
Louisiana lawmakers are reacting to the House passing President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill."Trump's proposed bill has raised concerns in Louisiana about potential Medicaid cuts and the closure of rural hospitals, with state leaders...
How many students were enrolled in 12th grade in East Baton Rouge Parish in 2023-24 school year
Baton Rouge Reporter - Louisiana
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July 3, 2025
Dr. Cade Brumley Louisiana State Superintendent of Education | https://www.nsula.eduDr. Cade Brumley Louisiana State Superintendent of Education | https://www.nsula.edu There were 4,176 12th grade students enrolled in East Baton Rouge Parish...
2025 New Orleans Saints opponent profile: Tennessee Titans
Memphis Sun - Tennessee
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Saints visit Tennessee Titans for inter-conference contest Andrew Lang The New Orleans Saints visit the Tennessee Titans at noon on Dec. 28 with the broadcast on CBS. New Orleans will be seeking to win its first road game against the Titans since...
New Orleans 1850s mansion offers ornate plaster moldings, 16-foot ceilings, and a pool for $3.1M
The Advocate - Louisiana
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Coliseum Square sits amid the city's streets named after the Muses of Greek mythology, the inspiration for the arts and sciences. The greenspace, edged by Coliseum, Camp, Race and Melpomene streets, lacks the regular edges of a true square, but it...
US deploys 200 Marines to Florida to assist immigration tasks
Jamaica Observer
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July 4, 2025
US Army soldier's uniform. July 3, 2025 WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Around 200 Marines were deployed to Florida on Thursday to provide administrative and logistical support for immigration enforcement raids happening in the southeastern...
Treme's Historic Carver Theater, a landmark of New Orleans Black culture, is set for auction
Nola - Louisiana
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Once advertised as “America’s finest theater exclusively for colored patrons,” the Carver Theater in Treme is headed to the auction block this month. The starting bid for the New Orleans landmark and surrounding parcels is $2 million in the online...
A Q&A with the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge’s Jonathan Grimes
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - Louisiana
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July 3, 2025
Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge President and CEO Jonathan Grimes shared his views with Business Report on the sector’s current challenges and economic impact. Louisiana as a state has one of the nation’s lowest rates of per capita spending on...
Religious liberty ‘the best blessing’ America has, Baptist immigrants say
Baptist Press - Tennessee
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July 3, 2025
NASHVILLE (BP) – For distributing the Bible and sharing the Gospel in the Soviet Union, Aleksei Kharlamov’s great-grandfather was sent to Siberia and never heard from again. His grandfather and father both were persecuted for being Baptist...
New Orleans teacher fired by Catholic school for being gay says ‘it’s just time’ for discrimination to stop
The Guardian
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July 3, 2025
A longtime music teacher at a New Orleans-area Catholic school who was essentially fired for being listed in an obituary as another man’s widower says he refused to suffer quietly because “it’s just time” for bullying and homophobic discrimination...
'Hundreds of thousands of Donnas' could be rounded up, immigration lawyer warns
WWL - Louisiana
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July 3, 2025
New Orleans resident Donna Kashanian, 'poisoned her file' with sham marriage in the 1980s, something not even a real marriage of 35 years can overcome, expert says That’s because she admitted to a fraudulent marriage with a US citizen to try to...
US Reuters Freed from US jail, Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil seizes his new public platform
Yahoo News
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By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's fight with elite American universities was only a few days old when federal immigration agents arrested the Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil at his Columbia University...