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Jindal seeking to raise sales tax to 6.25%
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal will seek to boost Louisiana sales taxes even higher than previously discussed to help cover the costs of eliminating state income taxes, his office announced T...
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Treasurer pushes for vote on Jindal tax plan
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Treasurer John Kennedy says he thinks voters should decide whether to rewrite Louisiana’s tax laws, if lawmakers pass Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax swap. Kennedy said in a column Thurs...
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Lafayette schools recruit hospital employees
LAFAYETTE (AP) — Teacher recruitment for the Lafayette Parish school system is under way in an unexpected though relevant training ground: a local hospital. Bruce Leininger, school system human res...
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State denies fuel credit to 3,000 taxpayers
BATON ROUGE (AP) — About 3,000 Louisiana taxpayers have been notified that they won’t receive a tax credit on their flex fuel vehicles. An emergency ruling allowing the vehicles to participate in t...
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Louisiana news briefs
Gulf oil spill trial to resume Tuesday NEW ORLEANS — BP’s cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 will continue presenting its defense next week at a tri...
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LABI opposes Jindal tax rewrite
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana’s largest business lobbying group on Wednesday declared its opposition to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax system rewrite because the plan would shift new tax costs to businesse...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
La. could save on Medicaid expansion
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration quietly released a new financial analysis that estimates the state could save as much as $368 million over 10 years by expanding Louisiana’s Me...
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Oyster fisherman charged with attempted murder of wildlife agent
PORT SULPHUR – A man arrested for a sixth time for oyster fishing violations also faces charges to attempting to kill a wildlife agent. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforc...
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10 charged in federal undercover coke bust
MARKSVILLE – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced Wednesday afternoon that a year-long undercover investigation resulted in 10 arrests in the Marksville and Alexandria areas on dist...
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Louisiana lawmakers seek more review of Medicaid expansion
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers urged Gov. Bobby Jindal’s health department Tuesday to look at alternative program models to tap into the Medicaid expansion money available under the federal health ca...
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Maj. Peter Oliver, who has worked as a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agent for 21 years, said the nature of the job places officers in potentially dangerous situations. LSU Manship News Serivce/Albert Burford
Memorial honors fallen Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents
By ALBERT BURFORD LSU Manship News Service BATON ROUGE — Since the agency’s founding in 1872, seven Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents have lost their lives in the line of duty —...
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Greenstein skips budget hearing
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers seeking more information about the Jindal administration’s cancellation of a nearly $200 million Medicaid contract amid an ongoing criminal investigation were told Tues...
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