Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a Justice Department criminal probe over paid informants The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

What's next? Is Trump going to posthumously pardon Byron de la Beckwith?
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Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says The move alarmed some public health experts, who warned that it would weaken troop readiness.

The threat to U.S. military readiness is Pete Hegseth. Is anyone going to be tracking troops unavailable because of flu cases? WHY NOT!!!
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New Orleans flood agency quietly approves more raises for police chief. Salary could hit $250,000. A New Orleans flood agency gave its police chief a contract no other employee has: guaranteed 6% annual raises, a path to $250K by 2029, and protection from being fired without cause. The board presid...

An even better comparison. JPSO Sheriff Joseph Lopinto makes $231,835 a year to oversee 1,500 employees, including 1,352 full-time deputies!
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Louisiana’s measures to fight ‘zombie’ deer disease have some hunters up in arms. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has banned the use of bait to hunt deer in much of northern Louisiana — a precautionary measure to protect populations from chronic wasting disease. ...

Bordelon points to a recent five-year study that used camera traps and GPS collars attached to hundreds of deer in high CWD-affected areas in nearby Arkansas. It found white-tailed deer populations declined an average of 17% annually.
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Fishermen seek class action suits over Louisiana oil spill The proposed class-action suits, filed in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, claim widespread damages to the seafood industry and the coastal environment.

The spill hit the Isle Dernieres Barrier Islands Refuge in Terrebonne Bay, an important coastal bird habitat and recreational fishing area. Oil has also reached back marshes behind the refuge and near Lake Pelto.
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Louisiana wants oil firms to pay for coastal damage. A Supreme Court ruling just made that harder. The Supreme Court sided with Chevron Friday in a fight over Louisiana's eroding coast, moving a landmark case to federal court and threatening a $745 million Plaquemines Parish jury verdict. Gov. Jeff...

Can some of the cases still be decided in state courts? Will likely Louisiana residents on federal court juries still find high damages? Will state try to settle for smaller amounts?

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We’re monitoring the air and water around Meta’s data center in Louisiana. Here’s why. Residents around Meta’s data center in Holly Ridge, Louisiana, say the air is brown and the water is rust-colored. The Gulf States Newsroom is starting a monitoring project to test the air quality.

Meta construction pollution data collection

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Master plan now has projects using sediment pumped from river to create new land. But subsidence & sea level rise guarantee they, & remaining wetlands, sink below surface in 15-20 years. Diversions add years to their lives & create 20-30 sq mi new wetlands over 50 yrs & beyond

Guest Column: Louisiana’s next coastal plan needs more transparency Huge changes have been made to Louisiana’s coastal management plan, but the current administration has not been shown any scientific modeling for the new approach, nor released clear timelines. The la...

“Small-scale projects won’t cut it — a tough lesson learned after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Doubling down on half-measures is not a strategy; it’s a bad bet.”

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What a response!

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In 2019, the year with the longest spillway opening, one threat was the slight chance that Hurricane Barry’s surge added to floodwater from the Midwest would cause the river to overtop levees in the Lower 9 and Algiers. The Corps discounted that threat at the time.

This Mississippi River spillway protects New Orleans from flooding. But is there a better way? More frequent spillway openings, including a record-setting deluge of water in 2019, have killed off oyster reefs, fueled harmful algae blooms and badly hurt tourism in neighboring Mississippi.

The Corps says levees on both sides of the river in the New Orleans area are kept high enough to not be overtopped by the river when it reaches between 20 and 22 feet above sea level at the Carrollton Gauge in Uptown.

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Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy. He talks about “fear” of the Trump Administration, but doesn’t mention the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian Organizati...

Why is this man still in office?

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ICE soldiers on (part 2); and other short subjects While you’re all caught up in celebrating the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz, which I’m sure will happen any minute now and without a hitch, don’t overlook other important news

No, Kevin, it’s not interred nor interned. It’s criminally detained by ICE, “the worst of the worst.”

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Recruitment | Patrick Magee JOB OPPORTUNITY: We're looking for a new LSU football beat writer at The Advocate | Times-Picayune. If you're a driven journalist ready to take on the challenge of covering Lane Kiffin's program in Ba...

I can’t think of a better job opportunity for an up and coming sports reporter!

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“Today’s decision upholds our constitutional rights again and sends a clear message to the Pentagon,” New York Times spokesman Charlie Stadtlander wrote in a statement after the ruling.
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We celebrated our 53rd anniversary at Ristorante Filippo! I am so grateful to have Diane as my partner in what’s been a rather bumpy journey the last couple of years! Looking forward to our bright future!

Colorado State climatologists predict 13 named storms, 6 hurricanes, 2 major. But remember! It only takes one direct hit to cause trouble!

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Louisiana's $1.5 billion coastal plan hits delay in legislature. Advocates want answers. The delay is the latest turn in a long-running controversy surrounding Gov. Jeff Landry's move to cancel major plans to divert river sediment to rebuild lost wetlands.

“I think these are serious questions that need to be answered in a transparent way,” said Sen. Patrick Connick, R-Marrero, who chairs the committee.

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I’d be dangerous if I could count! ‘97-‘26, 29 years!

Now it’s 28 years ago! Congrats and thanks, again, to the entire team!

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First phase of Scouts’ project on Atchafalaya Basin nears completion with boat tours, canoe rentals As the first phase of the project concludes, leaders are working toward Phase 2, which will include a welcome center, a logistics building and a learning center. Eventually, they’d like to build housi...

“They’re hearing owls hoot and gators bellowing around them,” said Ben Pierce, executive director of Swamp Base.

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Lights Out Louisiana - Louisiana Wildlife Federation Turn Out Your Lights in the Spring and Fall to Protect Migrating Birds The Louisiana Wildlife Federation (LWF) is calling on residents and businesses throughout the state to join others in turning off...

It’s Lights Out time, folks!

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Louisiana's abandoned oil wells surge to record numbers. Is the bill coming due? Louisiana is now responsible for plugging nearly 6,500 abandoned oil and gas wells — a record — after companies went bankrupt or dissolved. Plugging them all would cost taxpayers $730 million, and the...

Plugging a single orphaned well costs an average of about $113,000 in taxpayer’s dollars,according to the legislative auditor, and plugging the 6,500 orphaned wells on the state’s list would cost about $730 million.

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Trump Fumbles the Facts with Farmers - FactCheck.org In a speech to what he called "the single largest gathering of American farmers that the White House has ... ever had," President Donald Trump distorted the facts on the estate tax, soybean exports an...

Trump falsely claimed “we saved 2 million American farms from extinction by virtually ending the unfair estate tax.” There aren’t 2 million farms in U.S., and tax experts say the # of small farms that got estate tax relief from his OBBB Act was vanishingly small.

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Climate experts say spring is coming earlier. How will that affect agriculture and ecosystems? Spring leaves arrive 2 days earlier in New Orleans and 8 days earlier in Monroe.

On average, leaves now emerge six days earlier than they did in 1981 in 88 percent, or 212 out of 242 major U.S. cities.
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The Advocate news group is seeking a photojournalist in Baton Rouge. Great opportunity for a good photog at a locally owned operation that still does it all (digital, print, real work about real people, made by real people and read by real people!
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FactChecking Trump's Prime-Time Address on Iran - FactCheck.org A month after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump addressed the nation in a prime-time speech on April 1, saying the military operation was "getting very close" to ...

Some truth about Trump’s prime time claims:

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Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship as he attends arguments The Supreme Court is casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential case that was magnified by Trump’s norm-breaking presence in the courtroom.

“Is this happening in the delivery room?” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asked, drilling down into the logistics of how the government would actually figure out who’s entitled to citizenship and who’s not.
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