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Jindal hits roadblock in Legislature on early childhood education changes
By LITTICE BACON-BLOOD Associated Press BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s attempt to restructure early childhood education hit a roadblock in the Louisiana Legislature when unrelated disputes betwe...
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WELSH — For the first time in nearly a decade, the town is raising its electrical rates. The Town Council has approved an increase of $5 per 1,000 kilowatt-hours used for its 1,700 residential and ...
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Judge restricts sharing evidence against Nagin
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ray Nagin’s attorneys must keep a log of who sees federal evidence against the former New Orleans mayor, and are restricted in how they may share such evidence, a federal judge s...
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Symposium focuses on Huey P. Long Bridge
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Huey P. Long Bridge over the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish will be the focus of a free, day-long symposium Thursday at the Old U.S. Mint in New Orleans. Panels will d...
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Gator hunting permit deadlines approaching
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana and Mississippi residents who want to go after alligators this fall have deadlines coming up. Louisiana residents who want to take alligators from some state wildlife m...
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Missing Louisiana teacher's car found; body inside
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities pulled a missing teacher's car from a New Orleans bayou Saturday and police said there was a decomposed body inside. Authorities couldn't immediately say whether the ...
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White Castle ferry to close permanently June 28
White Castle ferry to close permanently June 28 WHITE CASTLE, La. (AP) — Officials say the White Castle ferry will close permanently on June 28. Louisiana Department of Transportation officials sa...
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Stripper’s death, dismemberment remains a mystery
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It's been a year since pieces of Jaren Lockhart's body began washing up on Mississippi's Gulf Coast and almost that long since two people seen leaving a Bourbon Street strip club...
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Plane crashes near Baton Rouge, damages homes; pilot killed
BAKER, La. (AP) — A small private plane crashed Friday afternoon in a Baton Rouge suburb, killing the pilot and damaging three homes, authorities said. There were no reports of injuries to resident...
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Tax change talk produces limited results in La.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Talk was big in the months leading up to Louisiana's legislative session about revamping the state's tax structure, putting limits on tax breaks and raising taxes on cigaret...
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Former N.O. housing head indicted on 4 counts NEW ORLEANS— The former executive director of the New Orleans Affordable Homeownership Program has been indicted on federal charges of conspiracy, the...
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Tobacco settlement bonds refinanced
Notes from the Legislature’s regular session BATON ROUGE (AP) — The State Bond Commission signed off Thursday on a refinancing of Louisiana’s tobacco settlement bonds that will take advantage of l...
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