Lara Nicholson

Lara Nicholson

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Jefferson Parish reporter for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans lnicholson@theadvocate.com

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Lara Nicholson
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After Bogalusa's mayor was caught in a drug trafficking investigation, a local accountant appointed by the state took over the city's administration. He doesn't talk to the city's elected leader, and he makes $200 per hour. By Willie Swett:

nola.comMeet the accountant who now runs Bogalusa. He doesn't speak with Mayor Tyrin Truong.His appointment came a time when the city was still overcoming the shock of Mayor Truong's arrest stemming from a drug trafficking investigation.

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The Republican-dominated council of Louisiana's Jefferson Parish, which abuts the Gulf of Mexico, rejected a symbolic measure to rename it the Gulf of America on local maps, @laranicholson.bsky.social reports. www.nola.com/news/jeffers...

nola.comJefferson Parish Council votes down 'divisive' Gulf of America resolution by Van VranckenThe vote to adopt Trump's renamed Gulf of America failed six to one, even though most of the council members are Republican.
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The Jefferson Parish Council will decide tomorrow whether to use the term "Gulf of America" on its maps after Jennifer Van Vrancken, an outspoken supporter of Trump, authored a resolution that's already facing pushback from colleagues.

nola.comJefferson Parish to vote on using Trump's Gulf of America name after Van Vrancken resolutionThe Jefferson Parish Council, which oversees Grand Isle on Louisiana's coast, will decide Wednesday whether to use President Donald Trump's new name for the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of
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No, you can't bring your Bourbon Street hand grenade home with you when you fly through the New Orleans airport. See what rules TSA has for traveling after the Super Bowl as the airport sees record number of passengers

nola.comNo Super Bowl programs or hand grenades? TSA warns New Orleans airport travelersThe Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport was inundated Monday as a predicted record number of travelers flew home from Super Bowl LIX.
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Lara Nicholson
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And this past weekend, our homepage was flooded with stories of football festivities, celeb sightings, security and more ahead of the Super Bowl as reporters worked 24/7 (literally). This story by Joey Cranney about Markey's Bar was a personal favorite of mine

nola.comAt this New Orleans bar, Philadelphia Eagles fans delight in Sunday traditions: 'Like a family'Meet the die-hard Eagles fans and the bar staff that call this Bywater dive bar their home away from home. “It’s grown so much it’s become like a family."
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Lara Nicholson
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This in-depth report on the events before, during and after the Jan. 1 terrorist attack, using dozens of eyewitness interviews and surveillance footage. Eleven reporters total contributed to the story, plus our graphics editor:

nola.com15 seconds of terror: The untold story of Bourbon Street attack from those who lived through itBy the time Shamsud-Din Jabbar swerved onto Bourbon Street at 3:17 a.m. on New Year’s Day, his plan seemed to have been taking shape for months. But for those who narrowly escaped his deadly three-bl...
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Alexis Scott-Windham, an attack survivor who was originally denied time off by Amazon, said she's grateful for the outpouring of support. One person even offered to pay for her daughter's second birthday party. "Just to see people fight for me when they don't even know me, it just warms my heart."

nola.comAmazon gives New Orleans attack survivor paid time off after first denying her requestA Bourbon Street attack survivor received a time off request from her job at an Amazon distribution facility after the denial of her initial request generated a heap of online
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Decided to join bluesky since my story is blowing up here- thanks everyone who's read it! Update: Amazon contacted Ms. Scott-Windham and is now giving her time off with pay.

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An Alabama mom hit by the Bourbon Street attacker's truck then shot in the attack, who still has a bullet lodged in her foot, told a @nolanews.bsky.social reporter that the Amazon warehouse where she works denied her request for a leave of absence.

nola.comAlabama mom hit by truck, then shot in Bourbon Street attack: 'It's just so disturbing'A night of revelry was coming to a close for Alexis Scott-Windham and her friends in the early hours of New Year's Eve after they came from Mobile, Alabama to

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