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Yes, slavery is on the ballot in some states

More than 150 years after it was officially outlawed in the United States, slavery will be on the ballot in five states in November, as a new abolitionist movement seeks to reshape prison labor.

Tribune News Service

Louisiana officials withhold New Orleans flood protection funding over abortion

Attorney General Jeff Landry is defending the state’s anti-abortion law in court while retaliating against city leaders vowing to protect providers and patients

The Independent UK

Endangered sea turtles found on Louisiana islands for first time in 75 years

Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, world’s smallest sea turtle species, discovered in Chandeleur Islands off coast of New Orleans

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Louisiana woman denied abortion after fetus diagnosed with fatal condition

Nancy Davis' case shows how the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has created confusion over when women can be granted exemptions to new state abortion bans.

Axios

Louisiana Sheriff Loses Tax Lawsuit Targeting Smith Angus Farm

Multiple state agencies told Sheriff Randy ‘Country’ Seal that he had no right to collect taxes from a rancher in his parish. He sued anyway.

Reason

Suit alleging off-camera jail beatings revived

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for a lawsuit to proceed against guards and officials at a privately run north Louisiana jail where an inmate died with a fractured skull in 2015

The Independent UK

Southern abortion rights advocates arrive in Chicago for ‘Black August Freedom Rides’

Activists from Louisiana, Tennessee and Mississippi traveled to Chicago to strengthen ties with local organizations as abortion bans go into effect in the South.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Brad Pitt foundation reaches settlement over Louisiana homes

Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation and homeowners of the houses built by the program, in an area of New Orleans hit hard by Hurricane Katrina have reached a more than $20 million settlement

The Independent UK

Louisiana’s three abortion clinics will close and relocate out of state as anti-abortion law goes into effect

Clinic closures in Louisiana and Mississippi will leave the states without any abortion clinic for the first time in nearly 50 years

The Independent UK

Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests 1st in 75 years in Louisiana

The world's smallest and most endangered sea turtle has hatched in Louisiana's wilds for the first known time in 75 years

The Independent UK

Louisiana woman forced to carry fetus missing skull to term or travel to Florida for abortion

A new Louisiana law has outlawed abortion with very few exceptions

The Independent UK

Next US energy boom could be wind power in the Gulf of Mexico

With passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which contains US$370 billion for climate and energy programs, policy experts are forecasting a big expansion in clean electricity generation. One source that’s poised for growth is offshore wind power.

The Conversation

Conspiracies complicate voting machine debate in Louisiana

There's no dispute that Louisiana needs to replace its voting machines

The Independent UK

Louisiana Supreme Court rejects appeal in abortion ban case

Louisiana’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by plaintiffs in the ongoing legal battle over the state’s abortion ban

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Louisiana Lt. Gov. Nungesser planning to run for governor

After much speculation, Republican Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser has confirmed that he plans to join the wide-open 2023 race to succeed Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards

The Guardian - US

Louisiana child kicked out of class because parents are same-sex couple

Parents said they were told she ‘wouldn’t be able to go to school there any more because of our lifestyle choices’

WEKU

Le bon temps continue to roll on Cajun radio in Southern Louisiana

Eight radio stations in Southern Louisiana still broadcast partially in French as they try to keep alive a dying language in the area. French has been spoken there since the mid-1700s.

The Guardian - US

An extraordinary story of forgiveness: from life without parole to finding grace

A new project gives a voice to people serving life sentences in Louisiana – and brought together two men whose lives collided in tragedy

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Albert Woodfox, inmate who spent decades in solitary, dies

Albert Woodfox, a former inmate who spent decades in isolation at a Louisiana prison and then became an advocate for prison reforms after he was released, died Thursday of complications from COVID-19

The Independent UK

Louisiana abortion providers file appeal, hope to block ban

Access to abortion in Louisiana has been back-and-forth for weeks — with the state’s three clinics relying on rulings and temporary restraining orders to continue operations

The Guardian - US

Albert Woodfox, held in solitary confinement for 43 years, dies aged 75

Member of ‘Angola Three’ was wrongfully convicted of 1972 murder of Louisiana prison guard and released only in 2016

Los Angeles Times

Mystikal denied bond as details emerge in latest sexual-assault case

Mystikal has been denied bond following allegations that he beat, raped and robbed a woman during a financial dispute in his suburban home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Independent UK

Rapper Mystikal, accused of rape, denied bond by judge

A Louisiana judge has refused to set any bond for rapper Mystikal, who is accused of raping and choking a woman at his home outside Baton Rouge

The Independent UK

Judge bars Louisiana father from contacting child in custody battle with alleged victim

Crysta Abelseth, 32, publicly accused the father of her child, John Barnes, 46, of raping her when she was 16 and he was 30 amid a nasty custody battle. A Louisiana judge has now taken the daughter away from both parents, saying neither of them is credible and each has…

Mic

Rapper Mystikal has been arrested and charged with rape

The New Orleans rapper, who previously served a six-year prison sentence for sexual assault, allegedly assaulted a woman at his Louisiana home.

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