The Louisiana legislature wants to make it legal for people to kill protesters on the street

The Key Bridge was more than just a Baltimore landmark. It was a symbol of the city’s proud working-class heritage and maritime culture. My story on the significance of its collapse and the immigrant workers who lost their lives: apnews.com/article/baltim…

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Louisiana will eliminate programs that allow the release of the sickest inmates, further burdening a prison medical system that struggles to care for its most vulnerable.

Important reporting by Richard A. Webster

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I LOVED sitting down with Margaret (in her dreamy garden!) for this interview! Thank you to her colleagues past & present at wdsu and Helena Moreno for sharing memories, and thank you Fletcher Mackel for helping me track everyone down! Happy retirement to Margaret Orr!

“lol” “sketchy” “do we trust them” are just some of the responses from city officials to Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s deal with an Ohio refrigerant company while on a junket to Dubai last year, according to emails obtained by Gambit.

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In my latest article for Louisiana Illuminator I reveal that S&WB Task Force head Paul Rainwater is also a lobbyist for S&WB. He and his team lobby for S&WB, HANO, RTA, and the airport, a fact withheld from public lobbying disclosures for 5 years.
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Gov. Landry's Sewerage & Water Board Task Force eyes rate increases, move toward privatization nola.com/gambit/news/th…

Sewerage & Water Board blames human error for ongoing turbine failures | The Latest | Gambit Weekly | nola.com nola.com/gambit/news/th…

Local newspapers are important and good. Gambit

Louisiana doctors are performing pre-emptive C-sections -- far more dangerous than an abortion -- on women with a medical need to end their pregnancies 'to preserve the appearance of not doing an abortion.'

EXCLUSIVE: A troubling new report from Louisiana shows how the state's abortion ban is forcing doctors to delay or withhold medical care in ways that make pregnancy more dangerous.

More from me for NPR

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The same legislature that just spent a month complaining that criminals aren't punished severely enough are about to make it impossible to punish insurers for defrauding you #lalege

There is no such thing as a traditional st Patrick’s day king cake. There is no king of st Patrick’s day.

Louisiana Republicans are proposing a host of anti-LGBTQ bills, including a definition of genders which precludes trans & gender non-conforming people, requiring teachers to use dead names (sans parental permission), book bans, and a Don't Say Gay bill
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