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Cigarette tax hike shelved amid opposition
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A bid to raise cigarette taxes to the rates charged in neighboring Texas stalled in the House tax committee Monday, as lawmakers continue to show resistance to raising any of Lou...
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Mother of dismembered stripper wants justice NEW ORLEANS — The mother of a woman whose dismembered body washed ashore in Mississippi nearly a year ago wants the killer or killers brought to justi...
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Rocky Trahan watches Diamond try to locate a bomb in a car.
Bomb-sniffing K-9's in high demand since Boston blasts
ABBEVILLE – Bomb-sniffing dogs are in high demand after the Boston Marathon bombing, and USK-9 has a backorder for the specially trained dogs. In Boston after the bombing, bomb-sniffing dogs were u...
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Flood insurance premiums to jump 25 percent
MORGAN CITY – Pending National Flood Insurance Program premium increases will affect nearly 18,000 policies state-wide as soon as subsidies of their premium begin to be phased out. Specific residen...
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Grebinger, missing since early February
Benefit will raise reward money for missing woman info
HENDERSON – A benefit event is being held Saturday to raise money for a reward to be posted in the search for Crystal Dupuis Grebinger, missing since Feb. 8. Grebinger, 32, of the Grand Anse area,...
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The Evangeline Area Council is working on development of a $21 million complex in association with their adoption of the Atchafalaya Basin.
Scouts signing up for first Atchafalaya Swamp adventure
PORT BARRE – Boy Scouts in the Evangeline Area District, as well as those from around the nation, will be able to experience high adventure kayaking in the Atchafalaya Basin beginning this summer. ...
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Budget issues challenge for LSU, other higher ed institutions
MORGAN CITY — Higher education in Louisiana is continuing to face serious budgetary challenges, said William Jenkins, interim LSU system president and chancellor. Funding for higher education is be...
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Lafayette airport unveils upgrades LAFAYETTE — The ends of the runways at Lafayette Regional Airport have been re-engineered for safety. State Transportation Secretary Sherri LeBas said Federal Av...
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State will chip in on floodgate cost
POINTE-AUX-CHENES (AP) — State officials have approved a grant that will pay for 50 percent of the cost of a new floodgate to be built on Bayou Pointe-aux-Chenes. The barge floodgate will be 56 fee...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Medicaid expansion set for a vote
By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE — Nearly a year after Gov. Bobby Jindal declared that Louisiana wouldn’t tap into billions of federal dollars to expand Louisiana’s Medicaid program...
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Woman arrested; pit bulls attack letter carrier EUNICE — A 30-year-old Eunice woman has been arrested for warrants related to a dog attack on a letter carrier. Nicole Courville was booked with cru...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Jindal rebuffs legislators’ LSU move
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal said Thursday he won’t seek legislative approval of his administration’s LSU hospital privatization agreements, though both the House and Senate have voted that they...
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