 | By DREW BROACH | Deputy metro editor |
PUBLIC ART: The thousands of visitors who are expected this weekend in the French Quarter for Southern Decadence will find something new on Bourbon Street. Just in time for the LGBTQ-oriented festival’s 50th anniversary, a giant rainbow fleur-de-lis has been painted in the St. Ann Street intersection.
WOMEN’S PRISON: In the six years since Louisiana's only prison for women flooded, rendering it uninhabitable, female inmates have been scattered across various lockups that weren't built for them. Now, construction is underway to build a new $150 million prison, Louisiana’s first in more than three decades and one designed specifically to rehabilitate them.
ODDBALL: LSU opens its 2022 football season this weekend on an odd day and in an odd place. Here’s what you need to know. (Keep up with the Tigers by subscribing to our free LSU Sports Updates newsletter.
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