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On Nov. 9, 2020, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, acting in his capacity as Chair of the Republican Attorneys General Association, announces that he and other GOP members were taking legal action aimed at invalidating mail-in votes in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Image credit: Lamar White, Jr. | Bayou Brief.
How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!” Mark Twain, autobiographical dictation, Dec. 2, 1906.
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In the late morning of Jan. 6, 2021, only a few minutes after President Donald Trump took the stage at the Ellipse, the park overlooking the South Lawn of the White House, Louisiana’s chief legal officer, Jeff Landry, opened a press conference in Baton Rouge.
Free coronavirus testing expands this week
Locations open Monday in Orleans, Jefferson and River Parishes Share Updated: 9:22 AM CST Jan 11, 2021
Locations open Monday in Orleans, Jefferson and River Parishes Share Updated: 9:22 AM CST Jan 11, 2021
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Show Transcript THERE ARE STILL NEARLY 2,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING TREATED FOR COVID BY MEDICAL WORKERS. MORE THAN 200 OF THEM ARE ON VENTILATORS. WITH THIS EXPLOSION OF NEW CASES THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS EXPANDING FREE CORONAVIRUS TESTING THIS WEEK . IN ORLEANS, JEFFERSON AND THE RIVER PARISHES. THE LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD WILL BE TESTING AT THESE SITES THIS WEEK. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS
Heisman winner DeVonta Smith puts tiny town of Amite City in spotlight
Chuck Culpepper, The Washington Post
Jan. 7, 2021
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1of3Miss Ann s Restaurant in Amite City, La., wishes good luck to Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith before he won the Heisman Trophy on Jan. 5, 2021.Washington Post photo by Chuck CulpepperShow MoreShow Less
2of3Amite City Hall promotes Devonta Smith before he won the Heisman Trophy on Jan. 5, 2021.Washington Post photo by Chuck CulpepperShow MoreShow Less
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AMITE CITY, La. - Enter from the east at 35 mph along Louisiana Highway 16, and here s the classic little green sign heralding AMITE in front of two American flags, a sign mentioning the arts, a sign about not littering, a sign about Jesus Is Lord Over Amite. There s the Mulberry Street Cemetery on the right, a pet-grooming place, taxidermy, marble and granite, a parish office, a church.