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See the group of young business leaders who made Shreveport's 40 Under Forty list
The Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate - Louisiana
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The Young Professionals Initiative has released the names of the 40 locals under the age of 40 who they believe are on the track as leaders for the future. “This year’s class represents not only professional achievement, but also a deep commitment...
20 years after Katrina, Louisiana loses federal funding for disaster preparedness program
KRVS - Louisiana
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August 26, 2025
Research shows climate change intensified Hurricane Katrina, and 20 years later, scientists say hurricanes are growing even stronger due to climate change. Five years ago, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) started the Building...
20 years after Hurricane Katrina, the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans still lags behind
KAWC Colorado River Public Media - Arizona
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August 26, 2025
NEW ORLEANS — Almost 20 years after Hurricane Katrina hit the city, a drive through New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward takes you past boarded homes, empty, overgrown lots and block after block where there are few people or houses. In 2005, 15,000...
After 23 years in the business, this Baton Rouge designer knows her curtains, what's trending
The Advocate - Louisiana
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Kim Pitre used to design and install wallpaper. When that business was slowly going out of style in the 1990s, she moved to a more specialized craft: textiles and curtains. Not only are curtains important in design spaces to pull a room together...
Plans for this giant South Louisiana solar farm are dropped. It faced stiff local opposition
The Advocate - Louisiana
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August 26, 2025
NextEra Energy has dropped plans to build a 2,000-acre solar farm near White Castle, a project that drew strong local opposition. In a Facebook post Tuesday morning, the Iberville Parish government said the Florida-based company had withdrawn its...
Opinion | Plantation Tourism, Memory and the Uneasy Economics of Heritage in the American South
Mississippi Free Press
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August 26, 2025
The American South—and the nation more broadly—continues to wrestle with how to remember its most painful chapters. Tourism is one of the arenas where that struggle is most visible. This tension came into sharp relief in May 2025, when the largest...
Buffalo Bills schedule 2025: Everything you need to know to watch Josh Allen and Company
The New York Times
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August 26, 2025
Reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills look to get over the hump and reach the franchise’s first Super Bowl since the 1993 season. By hump, that means Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Last season ended painfully for the Bills...
Arch Manning and the NFL Draft: Why no one's banking (or tanking) on Texas QB going pro in 2026
The New York Times
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August 26, 2025
Before Arch Manning even takes his first snap as the Texas Longhorns’ starting quarterback this season, fans, draftniks and NFL scouts alike are wondering whether he’ll declare for the 2026 NFL Draft. It’s another boxcar on the Manning hype train...
Samsung, Hyundai Boost US Investments Amid Trade Tensions
WebProNews
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August 26, 2025
South Korean conglomerates Samsung and Hyundai are ramping up their commitments to the U.S. economy with substantial new investments, signaling a strategic pivot amid global trade tensions and a push for domestic manufacturing. According to a...
What I learned helping a Louisiana beekeeper save a hive in midair: Scaffolding, smoke, more
Nola - Louisiana
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Kevin Langley is a man on a mission — to save bees, one hive at a time. Truth be told, he's on multiple missions, but I joined him in helping to rescue and move a large beehive from a tree limb. If you're curious, bee colonies rarely settle on...
New Orleans top mayoral candidates sparred at lakefront forum. Here's what they said.
Nola - Louisiana
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The top three mayoral candidates in the October primary election sparred in a Monday night forum at Lakefront Airport, each promising to restore basic services, infrastructure and public trust in city government. State Sen. Royce Duplessis, City...
Twenty years later, signs of life enter some of New Orleans' most blighted buildings
WDSU 6 - Louisiana
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August 25, 2025
Across New Orleans, signs of Hurricane Katrina still pepper the city. Buildings that once stood as pillars of the community, now linger as reminders of what was lost. Billions of dollars in infrastructure are still waiting for new life, like...
'Katrina's Wake': How New Orleans recovered from Hurricane Katrina 20 years later
WDSU 6 - Louisiana
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August 26, 2025
'Katrina's Wake': A WDSU half-hour special on how New Orleans began recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina and have *** great home. One storm responsible for more than 1000 deaths, billions of dollars in damages, and priceless moments of...
Louisiana official renews call for seafood inspection fees following shrimp recalls
SeafoodSource
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An official in the U.S. state of Louisiana has renewed his calls for there to be a national inspection fee on imported seafood in the wake of recalls of frozen shrimp contaminated by radiation. On 14 August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Zurich Classic of New Orleans generates record $3.6 million in charitable giving this year
Crescent City Sports - Louisiana
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August 25, 2025
April 24, 2025: during the first round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans TPC of Louisiana in New Orleans (Photo: Michael Bacigalupi). NEW ORLEANS – This year’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans again set a record $3.6 million in charitable giving,...
New Orleans mayoral candidates trade jabs with frontrunner Helena Moreno as race heats up
Gambit - Louisiana
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The New Orleans mayor’s race is starting to heat up, with candidates Council Member Oliver Thomas and state Sen. Royce Duplessis ramping up attacks on frontrunner Council Vice President Helena Moreno. Moreno, who was the first major candidate to...
A Popular New Cedar Rapids Farmers Market Vendor is Moving Into Lindale Mall
Eagle 102.3 - Iowa
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August 26, 2025
If you've been enjoying the treats from the new Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market vendor Cafe Beignets, you'll be happy to know that you'll be able to order from them on a daily basis this fall! Cafe Beignets is in the process of moving into...
New Orleans clergy say 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, Black communities still waiting for promises to be fulfilled
Baltimore Afro-American - Maryland
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August 25, 2025
By D. Kevin McNeir Special to the AFRO kmcneir@afro.com NEW ORLEANS, LA – APRIL 15, 2025: Willie Taylor mows an overgrown lot in the Lower Ninth Ward, in New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 15, 2025. Overgrown empty lots are still prevalent here, 20...
Louisiana Illuminator: EPA takes over hazardous material cleanup after Tangipahoa industrial fire
Magnolia Reporter - Arkansas
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AMITE — Firefighters were close to extinguishing a fire Monday evening, August 25, 2025 that’s been burning since Friday’s explosion at a petroleum products plant in Tangipahoa Parish. Emergency responders are now focused on containing and...
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin reflects on Katrina in his first speech in 10 years
WWL - Louisiana
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August 25, 2025
Nagin started by discussing Hurricane Katrina, which struck the city while he was mayor nearly 20 years ago. NEW ORLEANS — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin took to the pulpit during Sunday services at the Household of Faith Church to deliver his...