We hope you shine on the field as bright as your diamond grill, Mr. Kamara. Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
🏈 Alvin Kamara and the Saints have agreed to a two-year extension worth $24.5 million. The running back is now under contract through the 2026 season. (NFL.com)
👀 Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration is asking Gov. Jeff Landry and Troop NOLA to stop their plans to clear a homeless encampment this week before Taylor Swift's concerts. (The Times-Picayune🔒)
🖊️ A Guardian writer visited Louisiana's coast to write about "the great paradox — when communities who most need government support vote for a Republican party hell-bent on dismantling it." (The Guardian)
🏛️ Louisiana's 2020 Teacher of the Year — a high school history teacher in New Orleans — is suing Louisiana to stop the new Ten Commandments law.
Meanwhile, a federal judge in a separate lawsuit plans to decide by Nov. 15 whether to block it from going into effect in January. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
🤩 Dishes at Wild South and chef Alon Shaya's Vegas restaurant were singled out as the "best dishes" at new restaurants this year. (bon appétit)
