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A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments Tuesday over Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments — the contested law’s third time in court and likely its last stop before the U.S. Supreme Court.   

Her entrance to the race, with Trump’s backing, scrambles an already crowded field of challengers to Sen. Bill Cassidy.   

Students started an online petition after the Livingston Parish high school posted a "natural hair color notice" on social media Wednesday.   

The Comite River Diversion Canal has been under construction for more than six years but should be done by mid-2028, officials say.   

“We’ve learned a lot,” said State Rep. Jerome “Zee” Zeringue, R-Houma, who chairs a House panel on disaster recovery. “We definitely shouldn’t replicate Restore, but Restore established a precedent and a process that we learned from.”   

There was no working smoke alarm in the house, according to new details from investigators.   

Three people were killed after a car hit a tree and burst into flames early Monday morning along I-10 eastbound in West Baton Rouge Parish.   

Three people were killed after a car hit a tree and burst into flames early Monday morning along I-10 eastbound in West Baton Rouge Parish   

While signs suggest that the federal government's Border Patrol-led south Louisiana operation has largely ended, the region's immigrant communities say that even as businesses re-open and people fearful of being deported breathe a sigh of relief, an undercurrent of fear remains.   

Magnolia Water Co. took over as owner and provider of the water system on Dec. 29, after a court ordered the water system to be sold in an effort to improve the town's supply.