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Louisiana News - 7/7/2016
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Louisiana 1st state in Deep South to expand Medicaid
‘I’m so outraged,' crowd at Baton Rouge prayer vigil for Alton Sterling vents anger; protests continue into night
Bucking legal precedent, Lafayette School Board refuses to change policy requiring students to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance
$40 million expansion means more sweet times ahead at Ponchatoula-based Elmer Chocolate
State looks at ways to reform film tax credit program, retain once-booming industry
'It’s not right versus left... It’s right versus wrong:' Louisiana’s road to Medicaid expansion has been long and winding
Democrats digging into Donald Trump’s failed Trump Tower project in New Orleans
'Everybody is fine, relatively speaking': La. government continues search for what to cut out of budget
Hillary Clinton calls Baton Rouge police shooting a tragedy
Two-year-old child's body found near Huey P. Long Bridge; parents questioned
Louisiana gets $60 million grant for roadwork