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PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” can cause cancer and problems during pregnancy.
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Gov. Jeff Landry and several state lawmakers visited the U.S. southern border in Texas this week, where Louisiana National Guard troops were deployed to help stop immigrants from entering the country illegally. Landry says the initiative has been a success. -
Lawmakers on the House and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced a bill to criminalize illegal immigration. They also advanced a resolution urging Congress to support Israel in the ongoing war in Gaza. -
Tim Temple, Louisiana's insurance commissioner, joined Gov. Jeff Landry as he signed a package of bills that will deregulate the state's insurance market. -
The full constitutional convention would now start on Aug. 1 and end no later than Aug. 15, under an amendment passed in the House. -
A group of Jewish advocates met on the steps of the state Capitol on Holocaust Remembrance Day to urge lawmakers to pass a bill that would remove gassing from the list of execution methods allowed under state law. -
As climate change makes storms worse, Louisiana's cemeteries are dealing with catastrophic flooding. Now other states face similar problems. -
A bill calling for a constitutional convention is set to be discussed in the full House next week, despite few details about what it would accomplish. Lawmakers say the homestead exemption and school funding formula would be protected.
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Barbecue is the man who convinced many of Haiti's gangs to stop fighting each other and start fighting the government. He spoke to NPR about his latest plans. -
Several Republicans with deep ties to state politics vie in the primary to face the Democrat in November. -
A new type of traveler is part of the post-pandemic reset at U.S. hotels, along with fewer daily cleanings and pancake-slinging machines. -
The United Nations says 7,500 metric tons of unexploded ordnance litter the Gaza Strip. The U.N. says it could take 14 years to dispose of these dangers. -
Sen. Robert Menendez, a powerful Democrat from New Jersey, goes on trial in Manhattan on federal corruption charges. Two New Jersey businessmen accused of bribing him are his co-defendants.
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