Melinda Deslatte
The Associated Press
Baton Rouge, LA, United States
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Melinda Deslatte: Old debates, but a year of ambition ahead in Louisiana politics
The new year will bring a rerun of several political debates in Louisiana, while also adding the once-a-decade battle over redistricting and an expected uptick in heated rhetoric as officials → Read More
Louisiana redistricting effort likely to get heated
The special sessions convened for the work each decade often are among the most contentious lawmakers face. → Read More
Louisiana launches $11M housing program for Hurricane Laura
Nearly 15 months after Hurricane Laura struck, Louisiana is kicking off $11.3 million in housing repair and rebuilding programs for the southwestern city of Lake Charles while it waits for hundreds of millions in promised federal aid to arrive. → Read More
Louisiana senators to review State Police use-of-force rules
The committee is set to examine the Louisiana State Police’s use-of-force policies as federal prosecutors are scrutinizing a series of beatings by troopers. → Read More
Louisiana senators to review State Police use-of-force rules
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Senate has created a special committee to dig into complaints about the use of excessive force by the State Poli... → Read More
Louisiana senators to review State Police use-of-force rules
The move comes after troopers have been documented in a series of beatings of Black men that have drawn attention from federal investigators. → Read More
Louisiana to get $595M federal disaster aid for Laura, Delta
The money is welcomed by officials as critical to rebuilding efforts in southwest Louisiana. → Read More
Louisiana lifts mask mandate amid sharp drop in COVID cases
Louisiana is ending its statewide indoor mask mandate after emerging from its latest and worst coronavirus spike of the pandemic and seeing a sharp decline in new COVID-19 infections → Read More
Louisiana lifts mask mandate amid sharp drop in COVID cases
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is ending its statewide indoor mask mandate after emerging from its latest and worst coronavirus spike of the pandem... → Read More
Louisiana to get $595M federal disaster aid for Laura, Delta
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana will receive $595 million in federal disaster block grant aid to help with housing restoration and other recovery ne... → Read More
Louisiana police boss says he’s open to federal oversight
The head of the Louisiana State Police said Friday he wants to know why 67% of his agency’s uses of force in recent years have been directed at Black people, and would welcome a U.S. Justice Department “pattern and practice” probe into potential racial profiling if that is deemed necessary. → Read More
Louisiana police boss says he’s open to federal oversight
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The head of the Louisiana State Police said Friday he wants to know why 67% of his agency’s uses of force in recent years have been directed at Black people, and would welcome a U.S. Justice Department “pattern and practice” probe into potential racial profiling if that is deemed necessary. […] → Read More
Louisiana police boss says he’s open to federal oversight
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The head of the Louisiana State Police said Friday he wants to know why 67% of his agency’s uses of force in recent years have... → Read More
Louisiana police boss says he's open to federal oversight
The head of the Louisiana State Police says he wants to know why 67% of his agency’s uses of force in recent years have been directed at Black people. → Read More
Louisiana State Police boss says he's open to federal oversight
“I’m a Black male. I don’t want to feel like I’m going to be stopped and thrown across a car just because of that, and I don’t want anyone else to feel that way.” → Read More
Hurricane Ida aftermath: Death toll in Louisiana rises to 26
Officials have raised Hurricane Ida's death toll in Louisiana to 26. The additional 11 deaths all occurred in the city of New Orleans. → Read More
Hurricane Ida curfew lifted in New Orleans; 11 new deaths reported
New Orleans lifted a nightly curfew Wednesday as the city moved closer to regaining full power 10 days after Hurricane Ida, but hundreds of thousands of people outside the city were still without lights and water and more than a quarter of a million children were unable to return to schools. → Read More
Ida deaths rise by 11 in New Orleans; Louisiana toll now 26
HOUMA, La. (AP) — The death toll in Louisiana from Hurricane Ida rose to 26 Wednesday, after health officials reported 11 additional deaths in New Orleans, mostly older people who perished from the heat. The announcement was grim news amid signs the city was returning to normal with almost fully restored power and a lifted nighttime curfew. → Read More
Ida curfew lifted in New Orleans; 250K students still out
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — New Orleans lifted a nightly curfew Wednesday as the city moved closer to regaining full power 10 days after Hurricane Ida, bu... → Read More
Ida curfew lifted in New Orleans; 250K students still out
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — New Orleans lifted a nightly curfew Wednesday as the city moved closer to regaining full power 10 days after Hurricane Ida, but hundreds of thousands of people outside the city were still without lights and water and more than a quarter of a million children were unable to return to […] → Read More