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Wes Muller/Louisiana IlluminatorThe air monitors called for in Senate Bill 356, sponsored by Sen. Royce Duplessis, D-New Orleans, would have provided early warning for neighbors to seek safety in the event of a toxic pollution release. -
Elise Plunk/Louisiana IlluminatorA little-known turtle found only in Louisiana and Mississippi now has a slow but steady proposed plan from the federal government to save its species. -
Greg LaRose/Louisiana IlluminatorTOPS recipients who lose their state-funded scholarships would have to repay them, under a bill that barely got out of the House Education Committee. -
Two bills for a proposed constitutional convention to revise the state’s constitution are advancing in the legislature.
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Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/InvisionThe 21-year-old Houston-born singer, whose real name is David Burke, had been under a secret investigation by an LA County grand jury after a 14-year-old girl's decomposed body was found in his car. -
Lynne Sladky/APTen Republicans voted alongside Democrats, in a rebuke to the Trump administration's immigration policies. Should it pass the Senate, the White House said President Trump would veto the measure.
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Lawmakers have been in a stalemate for over 60 days about funding the entire department, which includes agencies that oversee immigration enforcement, disaster relief, cybersecurity and the U.S. Coast Guard.
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