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Greg LaRose
Greg LaRose

Sep 28, 2026

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By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief

Good Monday morning. Let’s roll into the final few days in September.

A liquified natural gas tanker travels into Calcasieu Lake. (Photo by Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator)

‘Mega-project’ status for LNG terminal expansion provides major tax break

By Elise Plunk

Cheniere Energy has officially received “mega-project” status for its $6 billion plans to expand its Sabine Pass liquified natural gas export facility. If Gov. Jeff Landry gives his approval, the company will be exempt from paying 93% of its property taxes over at least the next five years.

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A sign outside a hospital’s maternal-fetal medicine department sets aside parking for patients. (Photo by Kelcie Moseley-Morris/Stateline)

New high-risk pregnancy care standards for states with abortion bans

By Kelcie Moseley-Morris

As physicians continue to navigate care for patients with complex pregnancies in states with abortion bans, a group of maternal-fetal medicine specialists has developed new guidelines to help providers in those states navigate legal risks for themselves and medical challenges for their high-risk patients. 

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Reporter Piper Hutchinson explains how a new research security council is keeping a closer eye on the work of academics in Louisiana.

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This week’s episode explores new research, rooted right here in Louisiana, that’s providing a more accurate picture of the problems that violence creates in our communities.

Violence research goes national

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K-12 programs at risk as feds end waste oversight, watchdog says

By Robbie Sequeira

The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new report by the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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