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Five days after Hurricane Francine made landfall, the New Orleans City Council is hearing from the departments that lead the city’s storm response on how communication can be improved.

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For the first time in decades, Louisiana has a second majority-Black congressional district. Could the Supreme Court strike ...

Rebecca Texada, now a resident of Prairieville, went back to Houston to visit family and friends. She went to a restaurant to ...

About 40% of Louisiana adults are obese, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.