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BATON ROUGE, La. - After legislators wouldn’t go along with their initial plan to find the money to finish $450 million of renovations for the Superdome, the Edwards administration went

Louisiana lawmakers won’t commit on Superdome renovations

“It worries me a little bit that we are getting entangled in the politics of New Orleans and it’s going to cost the state in the long run."

Two years after a contract appeared near to keep the Saints football team in New Orleans for decades, Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration is trying to persuade legislative leaders to commit to putting up the cash for Superdome upgrades central to those plans.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisianas legislative leaders balked Thursday at a $63 million debt forgiveness plan for the Superdomes oversight board that Gov. John Bel Edwards administration framed as

BATON ROUGE, La. - With the topple of the first domino later this week in Baton Rouge, the Saints football team could either be in New Orleans for the next

NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints and the officials who run the Caesars Superdome have spent decades controlling the chaos of thousands of fans streaming into the stadium on

Immigrant aid, lifeguard shortage, Frontier Days: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Birmingham: The city on Tuesday extended a mandate requiring face masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19, even as the statewide mandate expires. The City Council voted to extend the mask requirement through May 24. The decision came the same day the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Alabama will receive $44 million to expand ...

Superdome Renovations Might Take a Year Longer As America and the world is slowly coming out of a year-long nightmare due to the coronavirus pandemic, were still getting used to the fact that we might actually be able to attend full capacity live events in the very near future. We have really missed cheering on our favorite teams, and going to concerts! And how weird was it to see our New Orleans Saints playing to only a handful of people at the Mercedez Benz Superdome last season? Fans were l...

Virus pandemic slows renovations to Superdome Plans for $450 million in upgrades to New Orleans’ iconic Superdome have been disrupted because of financial troubles caused by the pandemic, the stadium’s manager told state lawmakers during a budget hearing Wednesday. Plans for $450 million in upgrades to New Orleans’ iconic Superdome have been disrupted because of financial troubles caused by the pandemic. Associated Press photo The coronavirus outbreak temporarily ended concerts, monster t...