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Today on Louisiana Considered, we continue to bring you the latest on the Bourbon Street attack. We hear an eyewitness account from a pedicab driver, and also discuss security failures. We also visit a blood donation center to learn about recovery efforts.
3 months ago
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Officials and health experts are working to make sure those affected by the Bourbon Street attack have access to the medical and financial resources they need.
3 months ago
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Kareem Badawi just finished his first semester at the University of Alabama, where was studying engineering. His father Belal Badawi says he was an 18 year old full of life.
3 months ago
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The death toll from Wednesday morning's attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans has risen from 10 to 15, according to the FBI.
3 months ago
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As Alabama decides how to spend its opioid settlement funds, a good samaritan spends her free time helping “her people” who struggle with addiction.
5 months ago
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The Atakapa-Ishak/Chawasha tribe views the land’s rematriation as a joyous occasion — even though it’s disappearing due to coastal land loss.
5 months ago
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The federal funding from the Biden-Harris administration will help each state improve maternal health care and opioid addiction treatment in rural communities.
6 months ago
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The new state program— the first of its kind in the U.S. — will give $280,000 from opioid settlement funding to grandparents raising their grandchildren.
7 months ago
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August is National Breastfeeding Month, but the Gulf South has some of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the country. Advocates are trying to change that.
8 months ago
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A new "scorecard" from the Commonwealth Fund on women's health care ranks Louisiana 37th in the U.S. — the highest in the Gulf South region.
8 months ago
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As heat waves and heat domes become more intense, the idea of naming extreme heat as we do with other major disasters is gaining traction with some experts.
9 months ago