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The Walls Project is a Baton Rouge nonprofit that’s been painting about ten murals a year since 2012. Most of their artists’ work is downtown, though…
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When you think "mutant," you probably think of Magneto from the X-Men. But if you ask Dr. Mark Batzer, a biology professor at LSU, he might start talking…
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The Mamou, sometimes called the Coral Bean, is a large shrub that grows here in Louisiana. Maybe you’ve seen one: it produces bright, scarlet flowers and…
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Local band The Rakers recently dropped by the WRKF studios where they spoke with Travis Lux about their sound, their origins, and the joys of being in a…
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In Bayou Grand Liard, down by the toe of Louisiana’s boot, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is creating marsh. Chuck Perrodin, a spokesman…
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Ten years later, the 2005 hurricane season remains the most active on record.Barry Keim, Louisiana’s state climatologist, says that in 2005, “The sea…
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Louisiana's Treasury Department holds onto unclaimed property for citizens. Last Saturday, they had an awareness day at the mall.When you go to the mall,…
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The Nature Conservancy is beginning a long term restoration effort in the Bayou Sorrell region of the Atchafalaya Basin. Bryan Piazza is a scientist for…
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The Atchafalaya Basin is a wedge of wetlands that stretches south to the Gulf of Mexico between the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers. At a million-plus…
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As state law restricts sexual education curriculum, and who can teach it in schools, community organizations are taking up the task.Earlier this year, an…