| BY CHAD CALDER | Staff writer |
Shutdown would threaten funding: Disaster relief money has been caught up in the looming threat by Republicans to shut down the government over aid to Ukraine. FEMA has suspended payments on at least five Louisiana projects, including levee upgrades and flood protection work. Mark Ballard has this report.
Cantrell headed overseas: Mayor LaToya Cantrell is going to France to sign a “sister city” agreement and attend a jazz festival in Paris. The trip comes a year after back-to-back trips to Europe turned into a controversy over the mayor's flight upgrades using public money. Ben Myers has the story.
Endangered landmarks: The Louisiana Landmarks Society has issued its annual list of New Orleans' nine most vulnerable sites. Wanna see what made it this year? Doug MacCash has the list.
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