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Barges float in the Mississippi River as a portion of the riverbed is exposed, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in St. Louis. A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are preparing to harvest their crops and send tons of corn and soybeans downriver to the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Low Mississippi River limits barges just as farmers want to move their crops downriver
By SCOTT MCFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Sun,09/17/23-12:45AM , 232 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are preparing to harvest crops and send tons of corn and soybeans downriver to
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Opinion: U.S. Supreme Court must decide whether the 14th Amendment applies in 2024
Sat,09/16/23-6:02PM , 620 Reads 17,240 Statewide
The Michigan secretary of state, Jocelyn Benson, had a thoughtful column on The Washington Post website about a topic that’s been getting more attention lately: Did former president Donald Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021 disqualify him from running for office under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution?
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Prison guards ride horses that were broken by inmates as they return from farm work detail at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on Aug. 18, 2011, in Angola, La. Men incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed a class-action lawsuit Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, contending they have been forced to work in the prison’s fields for little or no pay, even when temperatures soar past 100 degrees. They described the conditions as cruel, degrading and often dangerous. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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Louisiana prisoner suit claims they’re forced to endure dangerous conditions at Angola prison farm
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Sat,09/16/23-11:40AM , 135 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Men incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed a class-action lawsuit Saturday, contending they have been forced to work in the prison’s fields for little or no pay, even when temperatures soar past 100 degrees. They described the conditions as cruel, degrading and often dangerous.
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry talks to reporters outside the Supreme Court, Jan. 7, 2022, in Washington. Landry, the early GOP front runner in the state’s governor race, attended his first televised gubernatorial debate Friday evening, Sept. 15 2023, opening the door to political attacks from a crowded room of candidates. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Louisiana governor candidates face off in debate highlighting abortion ban and police brutality
By SARA CLINE - Associated Press
Fri,09/15/23-11:48PM , 143 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, the early GOP front runner in the state’s governor race, attended his first major-televised gubernatorial debate Friday evening, opening the door to political attacks from a crowded room of candidates.
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