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October 6, 2016

Oct. 6: Habitual offender law use varies by region

Three Louisiana district attorneys - all from the New Orleans metro area - used the state’s stringent habitual offender laws frequently last year.

September 17, 2015

No drop in poverty in 2014

by Steve Spires

Louisiana’s economy is improving by some measures. But the economic gains have failed to make a dent in the state’s shameful rate of poverty, according to new American Community Survey (ACS) data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.… Read more...