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Analysis: Proposed Entergy New Orleans gas utility sale could raise rates

Katie Jane Fernelius by Katie Jane Fernelius July 18, 2024April 22, 2025

The potential $484 million deal with private equity firm Bernhard Capital could lead to rate increases for both gas and electric customers.

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Police chief’s push for discipline incites ‘The Resistance’

Clarissa SosinDaryl Khan by Clarissa Sosin and Daryl Khan October 17, 2023June 10, 2024
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Police officer’s false claim could have sent a man to prison for 50 years

Clarissa SosinDaryl Khan by Clarissa Sosin and Daryl Khan October 13, 2023October 19, 2023
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‘Baton Rouge, we are sorry.’ A new police chief pushes for change 

Clarissa SosinDaryl Khan by Clarissa Sosin and Daryl Khan October 11, 2023December 18, 2023
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This week in history: The city of Baton Rouge donates land for new Louisiana state capitol building

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50 years after fatal shooting: Milton Scott’s family, FBI agents talk about the emotional toll

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June 14, 1953: Martha White refuses to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the Baton Rouge bus boycott

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker June 14, 2023June 10, 2024
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New data show Louisiana losing college grads to Texas, other states

LSU by LSU Manship School News Service June 6, 2023August 11, 2023
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May 16, 1932: Louisiana State Capitol building opens its doors

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker May 16, 2023August 11, 2023
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Black male teachers are rare. Louisiana’s HBCUs hope to change that.

Open campus by Open Campus May 12, 2023August 11, 2023

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