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☆ Flooding could deluge the Gulf Coast after storms kill at least 4, damage buildings and leave over 1 million without power
  + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Dalia Faheid | Paradise Afshar | Caitlin Kaiser | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
Soaking storms will shift east on Friday and target more of the Gulf Coast after rumbling to life Thursday afternoon in parts of Texas. Floods deluge roads: Several roads closing in northern and eastern Bosque County, Texas due to water over crossings or bridges. More than a dozen school districts closed: The Houston Independent School District has announced campuses will be closed on Friday and will reopen next week. Schools will reopen on Monday, May 20,” the school district said in a message on Facebook. A handful of Houston-area school districts announced they would close Friday as well, including Aldine Independent School District, Channelview Independent School District and Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District.
Persons: Mary Benton, Samuel Peña, Houston Mayor John Whitmire, Houstonians, Seth Waller, Bell County . Organizations: CNN, Houston Fire Department, Texas -, Florida Panhandle, National Weather Service, Hyatt, CenterPoint Energy, Houston Mayor, Houston, College Station, Houston Independent School, HISD, City of, Facebook, Aldine Independent School District, Channelview Independent School District, Fairbanks Independent School District Locations: Texas, Louisiana, Houston, Gulf, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas - Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, New Orleans, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Hyatt Regency, Bryan, College, Bosque County , Texas, Bell County, Bell County . McLennan, Falls, City of Houston, Cypress
☆ AP Election Brief | What to Expect in Louisiana's Statewide Primaries
  + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Associated Press | Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +7 min
A Republican candidate, state Rep. Richard Nelson, withdrew from the race in September and endorsed Landry but will remain on the ballot per state election laws. Here’s a look at what to expect on election night:ELECTION DAYThe Louisiana state primary will be held Saturday. Neither Clinton nor Biden performed particularly well in Louisiana in the presidential elections: In 2016, Clinton won 38% of the statewide vote; in 2020, Biden won 40% of the statewide vote. In the 2019 Louisiana primary, 33 of the 164 races tabulated by the AP advanced to a runoff. These included the races for governor, secretary of state, five state Senate races and 24 state House races.
Persons: John Bel Edwards, Edwards, Sen, Sharon Hewitt, Jeff Landry, John Schroder, Stephen Waguespack, Richard Nelson, Landry, Shawn Wilson, Lake, Hunter Lundy, Donald Trump, Schroder, Trump, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Clinton, Biden, outperforming, it’s Organizations: WASHINGTON, Gov, Republican, Democratic, GOP, Press, WHO, AP, Senate Locations: Louisiana, Lake Charles, New Orleans, Caddo, East Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Baton Rouge and New Orleans
☆ 100-year-old African tortoise reunited with family after rescue from Louisiana canal
  + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Maxime Tamsett Fabiana Chaparro | Maxime Tamsett | Fabiana Chaparro | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —A 100-year-old African tortoise named Biscuit has been reunited with his family after being rescued from a canal, according to the Parish of Ascension in Louisiana. Animal control officers Curt Trepagnier and Isreal Millet “humanely contained, loaded into the truck, and safely transported” Biscuit to Cara’s House-Ascension Parish Animal Shelter, the post detailed. Biscuit was rescued by Animal Control in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. “We are happy to report that Biscuit has been reunited with his family! A video on the shelter’s Facebook page showed the centenarian tortoise slowly walking in front of his owner toward Howard’s pickup truck.
Persons: Curt Trepagnier, Isreal Millet “, Lamoine Howard, “, Howard, ” Howard, ” Organizations: CNN, Cara’s, Animal Control, ” CNN Locations: Ascension, Louisiana, New, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Ascension Parish , Louisiana
☆ 'We are being poisoned': Black residents living in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' say the state is guilty of 'genocide' and environmental racism
  + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Trisha Gopal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +13 min
Black residents living in the area have a disproportionate lifetime cancer risk. The complaint alleged that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality discriminated against Black residents by issuing permits that authorized new industrial facilities. Last year, the EPA announced a critical civil-rights investigation into Louisiana, looking into whether the state had violated the rights of Black residents in Cancer Alley. Smoke billows from a chemical plant in the area along 'Cancer Alley', October 12, 2013. "Once we came up with Cancer Alley, industry hated it, and they've been trying to prove that it's not a reality," he said.
Persons: Sharon Lavigne, James, Lavigne, " Lavigne, Andrew Lichtenstein, Michael Regan, Regan, Matthew, Giles Clarke, Deena Tumeh, Earthjustice, Darryl Malek, Wiley, they've, Kimberly Terrell, Terrell, I'm, James Parish, Pamela Spees, Spees, Malek, " Malek, I've Organizations: EPA, Service, Cancer, Getty, Civil, Inclusive, Brigade, Louisiana Department of Environmental, Center for Public Integrity, Environmental, Sierra Club, Atomic Workers Union, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, Louisiana Tumor, Shell Oil Co, Cancer Alley, Formosa Plastics, Center for Constitutional Rights, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, Local Locations: Louisiana, St, James Parish, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Inclusive Louisiana, Black, Cancer Alley, Baton Rouge, Cancer, Formosa
☆ A couple paid just $55,000 for an 80-year-old general store. See how they transformed it into a $600,000 dream home that's now for sale.
  + stars: | 2020-10-06 | by ( Jordan Pandy | Libertina Brandt | Taylor Borden | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
In 2018, Rod Roddy and Lisa Cinnater bought an old general store in Louisiana for $55,000. Roddy broke down the painstaking renovation and why they're finally ready to sell to a lucky buyer. When they were approached with the opportunity to buy the old OJ Mire General Store in 2018, they were in the process of renovating another home owned by the Mire family. After taking a tour of the store, the couple purchased it for $55,000. Roddy and Cinnater spent just over a year turning that old general store, which had sat vacant for nearly 40 years, into a proper home.
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