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Push on to finish ‘road to nowhere’
ELECTION 2025 NEW ORLEANS MAyOR
Poll tracks Moreno’s big lead Numbers show Duplessis moving into second place BY JAMES FINN Staff writer
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All 55 million U.S. visas under review
Charter school for dyslexic students OK’d
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A charter school for children with dyslexia was given the green light to open a new location in Jefferson Parish this week after the state’s Board of Education approved the move despite debate over whether the school, which already operates other campuses throughout the state,
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State Rep. Jacob Braud walked to the end of an access road south of the Naval Air Station in Plaquemines Parish and stepped from smooth asphalt onto a gravel path. “It’s literally a road to nowhere,” said the Belle Chasse Republican as he surveyed a pile of trash dumped at the dead end. “Would Texas build a road to nowhere?” It’s here, about a mile and a half away from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, where Louisiana spent more than $16 million on an access road for what was supposed to be a new bridge. The span, a dream of locals for decades, would have traversed the manmade canal that divides much of Plaquemines from Jefferson Parish. The road opened in 2014. Then work stopped. The bridge was never built. Now, there’s new momentum around finishing the job. Traffic snarls from the construction of the Venture Global LNG export terminal near Port Sulphur
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As the federal indictment of Mayor LaToya Cantrell grabbed the attention of New Orleans this week, the race to elect Cantrell’s successor heated up, with a new poll showing Helena Moreno maintaining a wide lead and attacks starting to fly at the front-runner. The poll from WWL Louisiana, which was conducted by New Orleans-based Faucheux Strategies, shows Moreno, the City Council vice president, was supported by 47% of 600 registered voters Moreno polled between Aug. 8 and Aug. 14. That’s the same percentage of support Moreno secured in a pair of polls by analyst Ron Faucheux earlier this year, an indication that the New Orleans City Council vice president, who launched her campaign in December and has domi- Duplessis nated the fundraising circuit, remains the person to beat. But in a shift, state Sen. Royce Duplessis polled second in the race with 18% of respondents saying they’d vote for him, overtaking City Council member Oliver Thomas, who came in third with 16% in Faucheux’s latest poll. In Thomas a survey by Faucheux last month, Thomas polled second and Duplessis third. Fourteen percent of respondents are undecided in the new poll, which had a 4% margin of error, while 5% are supporting one of several lesserknown candidates. The results suggest that Duplessis has added to his support since a fourth major candidate, retired Judge Arthur Hunter, bowed out of the race this month and announced he would campaign alongside the state lawmaker. Still, both Duplessis and Thomas will need to make up a lot of ground with voters in coming weeks as the Oct. 11 primary approaches. “The biggest news in the poll was Royce overtaking Oliver,” Faucheux said in an interview
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Thursday it is reviewing more than 55 million people who have valid U.S. visas for any violations that could lead to deportation, part of a growing crackdown
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on foreigners who are permitted to be in the United States. In a written answer to a question from The Associated Press, the State Department said all U.S. visa holders, which can include tourists from many countries, are
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