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Jindal-backed retirement change delayed by a year
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers have delayed the start date of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s signature retirement achievement from last year, a law that would shift future rank-and-file state workers to a 401(k...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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College tuition hike bill scrapped for session
BATON ROUGE, La. — Attempts to raise tuition at Louisiana’s public colleges appear dead for the session, despite concerns about repeated rounds of budget cuts to schools. Rep. Walt Leger, the numb...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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La. online privacy bill dies
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A proposal to ban employers and schools from demanding access to personal online accounts has been scrapped. The House had approved the measure. But Rep. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Test results up overall; voucher schools flat
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A state Education Department analysis of the latest standardized test results for public school students in grades three through eight shows the state continues to make increment...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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9 horses die in Lafayette barn fire LAFAYETTE — Lafayette firefighters say nine horses died in a barn fire. When firefighters arrived just after 4 a.m. Wednesday, fire department spokesman Alton T...
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Senate to have say on Common Core standards
BATON ROUGE, La. — A tea party-backed attempt to keep Louisiana from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing will be considered by the state Senate. The Senate Education...
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Jindal: Marine contractor plans $30M expansion THIBODAUX — An oilfield service company that had considered an out-of-state move plans a new $10 million headquarters in Gray and a $20 million manuf...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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In Lafayette, a rosy economic view
By KEN STICKNEY The Advertiser LAFAYETTE (AP) — It never gets old when companies announce they’ll locate or expand in or around Lafayette. But Gregg Gothreaux, Lafayette Economic Development Author...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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House overwhelmingly refuses to expand Medicaid
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Louisiana House overwhelmingly refused Tuesday to provide government-subsidized health insurance to thousands of people with the Medicaid dollars available under the federal ...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ex-BP executive’s charge dismissed NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has dismissed a charge that is the backbone of the case against a former BP executive accused of concealing information from Congres...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Senate Committee stalls Medicaid expansion
BATON ROUGE (AP) — State senators rejected a proposal on Monday for Louisiana to offer government-subsidized health insurance to the working poor through the federal health overhaul law known as th...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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New Iberia woman gets 26 months in $12 million IRS scam
LAFAYETTE – A New Iberia woman was sentenced Monday to 26 months in federal prison and for filing false claims of more than $12 million with the IRS and receiving tax refunds she was not owed. She...
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