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Jayden Daniels, Justin Jefferson and more LSU legends share favorite Tiger Stadium memories

LSU is set to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tiger Stadium leading up to the Tigers' matchup against Ole Miss this weekend (6:30 p.m., ABC).

'They're all in': Louisiana officials tour Germany to reinvigorate offshore wind industry

Blown leads, fizzled rallies: How Saints routinely fail in the clutch, and what they plan to do.

Here's the history of Baton Rouge's iconic vintage business signs: 'Still beautiful'

Strategy on closing Baton Rouge schools takes back seat to updating district strategic plan

After years of intermittent talk that led to little action, leaders of the East Baton Rouge Parish school system, meeting at an all-day retreat Saturday, broached anew the fraught topic of closing and merging schools in response to years of enrollment declines.

New study says Louisiana is the second most unhealthy state. See national data.

A new study produced by Wagner Reese looked at state rankings in five categories in order to determine the most healthy and least healthy states.

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Jeff Landry wants to revamp Louisiana's tax code in November. Here's why that's no easy task

Gov. Jeff Landry spent the summer playing to his political base, championing the placement o…

Education

Strategy on closing Baton Rouge schools takes back seat to updating district strategic plan

After years of intermittent talk that led to little action, leaders of the East Baton Rouge …

Ascension

‘I am begging you, do not approve this': Air Products plant faces opposition at LDEQ hearing

A packed hearing concerning a proposed Air Products facility in Ascension Parish saw busines…

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Mariah Chaisson may be following in her family’s footsteps, but that’s not stopping her from…

Business

Dockworkers resume work at Port of New Orleans as three-day strike ends

Louisiana’s longshoremen headed back to the docks at noon on Friday, ending a three-day stri…

Education

Which Baton Rouge schools could close? Board will meet this weekend to talk strategy

For the first time since he took over as superintendent in late July, LaMont Cole is holding…

Sports

Blown leads, fizzled rallies: How Saints routinely fail in the clutch, and what they plan to do.

Back in Week 1 of the 2022 season, the New Orleans Saints pulled off a rollicking white-knuckle win against the Atlanta Falcons in Dennis Allen’s head coaching debut.

Pelicans again trying to up 3-point volume. Here's why they believe this time is different.

The number 40 was scribbled on a whiteboard on the New Orleans Pelicans’ first day of training camp. It represented the amount of 3-point attempts the team wants to take every game.

Rod Walker: Saints who were once Patrick Mahomes' teammates have utmost respect for Chiefs QB

Tanoh Kpassagnon knew right away that Patrick Mahomes had the “it” factor.

Special Reports

Louisiana 2050: Explore the perilous future of our coast with maps and data

Louisiana may be the state most at risk from climate change, and the year 2050 could prove t…

Louisiana 2050: What you need to know about our vanishing coast

The newspaper’s project examining the future of south Louisiana at a time of climate change,…

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Bob Dean: Botched hurricane evacuation, fallout

Disaster After Disaster

Disaster After Disaster: The failings of storm recovery

Entertainment

Prepared to lead: how student government set this former president on a path to success

Victor Cato attributes his passion for community engagement and drive for equality to his time at the University of Louisiana-Monroe as student government association president.

Silvia Moreno-Garcia's new book is inspired by bitter rivalries and a controversial opera

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a Mexican and Canadian author. She’s best known for her gothic horror novel, “Mexican Gothic,” but she hops from genre to genre.

Will Taylor Swift attend the Saints vs. Chiefs game in KC? Here's what Travis Kelce said.

In a few weeks, the city of New Orleans will be "enchanted" to meet Taylor Swift when she spends a long weekend in the Big Easy in the second-to-last stop on her Eras Tour.

Opinions

Letters: Truthfulness and tariffs should sway voters

I am voting for Kamala Harris and against Donald Trump in the upcoming presidental election for two reasons: pets and tariffs. First, if a pet dog or cat went missing, any reasonable person would guess that a coyote, hawk or owl came too close — or perhaps that the animal just decided to run…

Letters: Pope wrong to equate killing of unborn to treatment of migrants

This letter is in response to the Sept. 14 article "Pope slams both Harris, Trump as 'against life.'" The article gives this quote from Pope Francis: "Both are against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants, or be it the one who kills babies."

Letters: Predictions of carnage after constitutional carry were wrong

Before Gov. Jeff Landry’s signing of the constitutional carry bill, the news media in Louisiana, and indeed nationally, predicted veritable mass murder in the streets. Admittedly, I, a lover of placing a spherical charge of metal into a target at various distances, was not in favor of the idea.

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