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A flare burns at Venture Global LNG in Cameron, La., April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine, File)

Louisiana is latest state to redefine natural gas -- a planet-warming fossil fuel -- as green energy

Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy, even though it’s a fossil fuel that emits planet-warming greenhouse gases. This week, Republican Gov.

Signage hangs above a CVS pharmacy location in Philadelphia, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Louisiana files lawsuits alleging pharmaceutical giant CVS deceived customers in text messages

A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway at the Georgia Capitol on June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms

Members of the California National Guard and U.S. Marines guard a federal building on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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A Sig Sauer P320 handgun is held by a Maine gun shop owner, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Sig Sauer, faced with lawsuits over a popular pistol, gets protection in New Hampshire

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Tax credit tweaks aim to boost Louisiana’s struggling film industry

The national office of the NCAA in Indianapolis is shown on March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Louisiana is poised to hike its sports betting tax to help colleges pay their athletes

Claire Stein places flowers at a makeshift memorial for Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark at the state Capitol, Sunday, June 15, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

After Minnesota shooting, some states are more tightly guarding officials’ personal information

The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court to hear appeal from Chevron in landmark Louisiana coastal damage lawsuits

Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during the start of the special session in the House Chamber on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La. (Michael Johnson/The Advocate via AP, Pool,File)

Louisiana’s 2025 legislative session ends with governor saying he plans to call a special session

Louisiana AG investigating CVS for sending mass text messages lobbying against legislation

The Louisiana state Capitol stands on April 4, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith, File)

Louisiana is the latest Republican-led state expanding its role in immigration enforcement

Joy Banner, co-founder of The Descendants Project and a leader in the fight against Greenfield, hugs Kimberly Terrell, then a researcher with the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, which represented the Descendants Project, moments after hearing that the company would cease plans for a grain elevator facility in the middle of her hometown of Wallace, which is in a heavily industrialized stretch of Louisiana commonly referred to by environmental groups as "Cancer Alley." Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Brook, File)

Tulane scientist resigns citing university censorship of pollution and racial disparity research

Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Louisiana lawmakers pass bill targeting out-of-state doctors who prescribe and mail abortion pills

A plane flies over Oakland Alameda Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Unsubstantiated ‘chemtrail’ conspiracy theories lead to legislation proposed in US statehouses

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry talks to reporters outside the Supreme Court, Jan. 7, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

As Louisiana’s governor faces ethics charges, his lawyer raises bar for future ethics investigations

The Orleans Parish jail is pictured in New Orleans on Friday, May 16, 2025.(Brett Duke /The Advocate via AP, file)

New Orleans jail escapee releases videos, prompting search of home where they were made, source says

New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams talks during a news conference at his office, Jan. 19, 2022, in New Orleans. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

New Orleans DA pulls out of jailbreak investigation amid conflict of interest allegation

Louisiana bill that gives legal protections to IVF providers heads to the governor’s desk

Residents watch as law enforcement search for a fugitive that escaped a prison in New Orleans, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Mistrust in law enforcement complicates the search for the New Orleans jail escapees

This photo obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, May 16, 2025, shows an opening inside a cell at the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans. (AP Photo)

Sheriff says ‘defective’ locks were a key factor in Louisiana jailbreak by 10 men

The Orleans Parish jail is pictured in New Orleans on Friday, May 16, 2025.(Brett Duke /The Advocate via AP)

Reward increased for capture of escaped New Orleans inmates as 7 remain on the lam

The Fifth Ward Elementary School and residential neighborhoods sit near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, back left, in Reserve, La., Sept. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Louisiana plant at the center of an environmental justice fight halts operations

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., votes aye at the final moment as the Senate Finance Committee holds a roll call vote to approve the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Louisiana governor pushes Trump to weigh primary challenger to GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, AP sources say

The nearly $3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project along the Mississippi River, intended to stave off coastal land loss in southeastern Louisiana, is seen during a flyover with the environmental coalition group Restore the Mississippi River Delta, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

A massive coastal restoration project is in peril amid claims Louisiana concealed a critical report

The head of Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality leaves for a new job

President Donald Trump arrives to welcome the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team to the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Trump marks his first 100 days in office with a rally in Michigan and ABC interview

A plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete

President Donald Trump gestures to a poster that says "Gulf of America" as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick watch in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Feb. 25, 2025. (Pool via AP, file)

Republicans in Gulf states push to embrace Gulf of America name

Judge to weigh Louisiana AG’s challenge to city jail’s ‘sanctuary’ policy

This Tuesday, May 2, 2017, photo shows a Chevron sign at a gas station in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Chevron ordered to pay more than $740 million to restore Louisiana coast in landmark trial

The Louisiana state Capitol stands on April 4, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith, File)

Louisiana voters reject constitutional amendments championed by Republican governor

The Louisiana state Capitol stands on April 4, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith, File)

Louisiana voters to decide on constitutional amendments for crime, courts and finances

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a statement at his office, May 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

NY county clerk refuses to file Texas’ fine for doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills

Demonstrators rally in support of federal workers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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