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Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

Mar. 28, 2024 07:22 AM EDT

The Advocate. March 24, 2024. Editorial: With new LSU arena, public engagement is necessary There is wide agreement that the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, the historic home to LSU basketball, is overdue for an upgrade. But we are troubled that, thus...

VP Harris says US agencies must show their AI tools aren't harming people's safety or rights

Mar. 28, 2024 05:19 AM EDT

U.S. federal agencies must show that their artificial intelligence tools aren't harming the public, or stop using them, under new rules unveiled by the White House on Thursday. “When government agencies use AI tools, we will now require them to verify that those tools do not...

Biden is announcing a new rule to protect consumers who purchase short-term health insurance plans

Mar. 28, 2024 05:04 AM EDT

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced new steps to protect consumers who buy short-term health insurance plans that critics say amount to junk. A new rule finalized by the Democratic president's administration will limit these plans to just three months. And the plans can only...

Myanmar's military makes its annual parade of strength despite unprecedented battlefield losses

Mar. 28, 2024 01:35 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s ruling military council marked Armed Forces Day on Wednesday with a speech claiming that the nation’s youth were being tricked into supporting the resistance against army rule, and that ethnic armed groups allied with the resistance engage in drug...

On last day of Georgia legislative session, bills must pass or die

Mar. 28, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — The end of Georgia's two-year legislative session arrives Thursday, the last day for bills to pass both the House and Senate or die as this term ends. Lawmakers will decide questions including whether to legalize sports betting and tighten rules on law enforcement cooperation with...

Mississippi Senate Republicans push Medicaid expansion 'lite' proposal that would cover fewer people

Mar. 27, 2024 19:38 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A proposal to expand Medicaid to tens of thousands of residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S. is still alive in the Mississippi Legislature . But Senate Republicans changed the plan Wednesday so it would cover far fewer people and bring less federal money to the...

Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut receive proposals for offshore wind projects

Mar. 27, 2024 19:14 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut received proposals Wednesday for offshore wind projects as the three East Coast states hope to boost their reliance on the renewable energy source. The three states joined in a historic agreement that allows for potential...

Olympic officials move to support 2032 Brisbane Games after bumpy ride for stadium projects

Mar. 27, 2024 14:13 PM EDT

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — After weeks of uncertainty about billion-dollar stadium projects for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, the IOC and local organizers moved Wednesday to present the games more positively. Plans for a $2 billion rebuild of the storied Gabba cricket stadium as an...

US Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire won't seek reelection for a seventh term in November

Mar. 27, 2024 12:18 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire said Wednesday that she will not seek reelection to Congress for a seventh term in November, leaving the state's sprawling 2nd District open to a possible GOP successor. “I always said I was not going to...

Biden and Harris argue that Democrats will preserve health care and Republicans would take it away

Mar. 26, 2024 21:51 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday promoted their health care agenda in the battleground state of North Carolina, arguing that Democrats like themselves would preserve access to care while Republicans would reverse gains made over the past decade...