Carly Berlin
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The recommendation still needs to be considered by the city council before it's adopted.
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Louisiana Considered
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Emergency services in Louisiana are spending more time waiting to offload patients at hospitals and that means fewer are responding to calls at any given time. -
A combination of strong winds and heavy rain could produce severe weather conditions, including tornadoes, in much of southeast Louisiana on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, according to National Weather Service forecasters.
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The Louisiana Legislature will convene a week from today for a seven-day special session on the state’s homeowner’s insurance crisis. Its overriding goal is to rein in policy premiums that have soared after back-to-back catastrophic hurricane seasons, but lawmakers say more needs to be done than what can happen within the narrow scope of the weeklong session.
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To combat flooding and extreme heat, a new master plan for rebuilding New Orleans’ urban forest calls for 100,000 new trees to be planted by 2040. Released Friday, the Reforestation Plan calls for the city to craft its first comprehensive tree policy to start protecting the trees New Orleans already has and ramp up efforts to maintain the tree canopy as more are planted.
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The City Planning Commission's recommendations mark the next step in City Hall’s push to pass updated STR rules. The CPC will hold a public hearing about the report on Jan. 24.
Arts & Culture
NPR News
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Germany and the United States have pledged to send tanks to Ukraine for their war efforts. What role could they play in the coming months?
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Can the 49ers' seventh-round rookie QB lead them to the Super Bowl? Did the Eagles' Christmas album put them on Santa's nice list? And just how fast is it possible to recover from a high ankle sprain?
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Winning an Oscar almost cost Abraham his career — but he bounced back. David Bianculli reviews the Peacock series, Poker Face. Writer Jeff Guinn revisits the Waco stand-off, 30 years later.
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A group of Democrats formed the Dads Caucus in the House, hoping to advocate for key democratic policies such as the expanded child tax credit and paid family leave.
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In Memphis, where Nichols died, protesters shut down a major highway and chanted "justice for Tyre" before later disbanding. Demonstrations across the U.S. were largely peaceful.
