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State Senate President Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, sponsored the Republican bill to redraw the maps for the state Senate. (Photo by Alex Tirado/LSU Manship School News Service)

State Senate President Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, sponsored the Republican bill to redraw the maps for the state Senate. (Photo by Alex Tirado/LSU Manship School News Service)

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Senate, Supreme Court districts approved

Allison Kadlubar, Alex Tirado and Lura Stabiler / LSU Manship School News Service
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Two weeks of debate, public testimony and pleas from activists for greater minority representation culminated in a 40-minute Senate floor meeting Monday that advanced two Republican bills mostly maintaining the status quo of the state Senate and Supreme Court district maps.
Research by Stanley Nelson, an author and former Louisiana newspaper editor, will be featured in the FRONTLINE show. (Photo courtesy of Wes Faulk and Stanley Nelson)

Research by Stanley Nelson, an author and former Louisiana newspaper editor, will be featured in the FRONTLINE show. (Photo courtesy of Wes Faulk and Stanley Nelson)

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Longtime Louisiana newspaper editor’s work featured in cold case documentary

Harlan Kirgan
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
The work of a longtime Louisiana newspaper editor will be included in a PBS FRONTLINE documentary Tuesday on the 1967 Ku Klux Klan murder of Wharlest Jackson, a 37-year-old Black man in Natchez, Mississippi. Jackson, who had five children, was treasurer of the Natchez NAACP.
A beautiful stroll in a botanic garden can be wonderful Valentine’s Day surprise.

A beautiful stroll in a botanic garden can be wonderful Valentine’s Day surprise.

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This Valentine’s Day, give the gift of gardening

Heather Kirk-Ballard / LSU AgCenter horticulturist
Friday, February 11, 2022
Flowers and chocolates are the standard Valentine’s Day gifts — but if you would like to come up with something more original this year, it’s time to think beyond the typical bouquet of red roses. For the gardeners in your life, the gift of a live plant can be an excellent expression of your love.
House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, has formed a bipartisan committee Thursday to investigate the death of Ronald Greene and its aftermath. (Photo courtesy of the Louisiana House of Representatives)

House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, has formed a bipartisan committee Thursday to investigate the death of Ronald Greene and its aftermath. (Photo courtesy of the Louisiana House of Representatives)

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Top GOP lawmaker forms panel to investigate Ronald Greene death

Piper Hutchinson / LSU Manship School News Service
Friday, February 11, 2022
House Speaker Clay Schexnayder on Thursday announced a bipartisan legislative investigation into the fatal 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene, declaring “no crime should be ignored, no cover-up will be tolerated.

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GOP leaders defend limited access to redistricting law firm

Julie O’Donoghue / Louisiana Illuminator
Friday, February 11, 2022
Senate President Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, clarified Thursday that a law firm hired to provide political redistricting advice to the Louisiana Legislature will eventually be paid with public funds, though no public money has been expended yet.
Questions about Gov. John Bel Edwards knew about Ronald Greene’s death prompted him to address the matter at a recent news conference. (Photo by Piper Hutchinson/LSU Manship School News Service)

Questions about Gov. John Bel Edwards knew about Ronald Greene’s death prompted him to address the matter at a recent news conference. (Photo by Piper Hutchinson/LSU Manship School News Service)

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Top GOP lawmaker forms panel to investigate Ronald Greene death

Piper Hutchinson / LSU Manship School News Service
Thursday, February 10, 2022
House Speaker Clay Schexnayder on Thursday announced a bipartisan legislative investigation into the fatal 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene, declaring “no crime should be ignored, no cover-up will be tolerated.
Louisiana National Guard Sgt. Karson Cormier, a medic with C Company, 199th Infantry Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, applies a tourniquet to a simulated wound on a fake training K-9 during a K-9 Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) course at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana, Jan. 28, 2022. The K-9 TC3 course was part of a 10-day medic sustainment course for medics to recertify their National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) and CPR certifications. (U.S. Army National Gu

Louisiana National Guard Sgt. Karson Cormier, a medic with C Company, 199th Infantry Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, applies a tourniquet to a simulated wound on a fake training K-9 during a K-9 Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) course at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana, Jan. 28, 2022. The K-9 TC3 course was part of a 10-day medic sustainment course for medics to recertify their National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) and CPR certifications. (U.S. Army National Gu

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La. Guard adds K-9 casualty care to medic sustainment training

taff Sgt. Noshoba Davis / Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
The Louisiana National Guard’s combat medic sustainment program recently conducted a 10-day course for combat medics at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana, Jan. 20-30.
Volunteers paint exercise stencils next to the playground at Ruston Elementary. LSU AgCenter file photo by Cathy Judd.

Volunteers paint exercise stencils next to the playground at Ruston Elementary. LSU AgCenter file photo by Cathy Judd.

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LSU AgCenter program strives to increase physical activity among residents

Tobie Blanchard / tblanchard@agcenter.lsu.edu
Friday, February 4, 2022
Louisiana is one of the states with the highest levels of physical inactivity among adults, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Attendees tour the new Joint Cyber Range and Training Center during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the facility located on the Water Campus in Baton Rouge on Feb. 1. This state-of-the-art facility is designed to meet the current and future training needs for the Louisiana National Guard’s Cyber Protection Team, state and local cyber first responders, and industry partners. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou)

Attendees tour the new Joint Cyber Range and Training Center during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the facility located on the Water Campus in Baton Rouge on Feb. 1. This state-of-the-art facility is designed to meet the current and future training needs for the Louisiana National Guard’s Cyber Protection Team, state and local cyber first responders, and industry partners. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou)

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State-of-the-art cyber training facility opens in Baton Rouge

Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou / LANG Public Affairs Office
Friday, February 4, 2022
The Stephenson Technologies Corporation (STC) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Joint Cyber Range and Training Center on the Water Campus in Baton Rouge on Feb. 1.