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By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief

Do what you have to today to survive the scorcher. I see a sno-ball in my immediate future.

By Jacob Fischler

The Trump administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a district court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump’s broad executive order restricting vote-by-mail. The move came just two days after a federal appeals court denied the administration’s request to resume the controversial plan. It sets up a high-stakes confrontation between the administration and the 23 states that sued over the order, a little more than three months before the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.

By Nada Hassanein

Since 2008, the rate of preteen suicide has increased by an average of 8.2% annually, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health. Their analysis found that Black preteens had the highest overall suicide rate, while girls and Hispanic preteens had the greatest percentage increase. Native American preteens also saw some of the most pronounced increases.

By Elise Plunk

Individuals and businesses in Louisiana should make sure they’ve received any tax refunds they’re owed from the state before they are declared “unclaimed property,” the state Revenue Department says. Nearly 23,000 Louisiana taxpayers were sent letters informing them they are owed tax refunds, state officials said.

By Dean Boudreaux, The Current

For months, as rumors about a potential aerospace project in Vermilion Parish continued to swirl, state Sen. Bob Hensgens emphasized that he decided not to sign a non-disclosure agreement that would have prohibited him from speaking on the matter. It turns out, he was already under an NDA with the state anyways.

By Katherine Shwetz

Vaccine-hesitant groups have fewer limitations than pro-vaccine groups on the kinds of stories they can tell about the development and impact of vaccines. While science-driven messaging that encourages vaccination has to be faithful to the complex and often uneventful reality of science, vaccine-skeptic stories tend to make more dynamic claims.

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