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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Jindal 'parks' tax plan, still wants income tax removed
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal told lawmakers Monday that he's shelving his tax swap proposal, rather than risk an embarrassing defeat of a restructuring plan that drew ire across the po...
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LPB to carry Jindal speech
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Public Broadcasting will broadcast Gov. Bobby Jindal's opening address to the Legislature on Monday. The live broadcast will be carried on LPB affiliates statewide...
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N.O. court employee arrested in bribery probe NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans court employee has been arrested on suspicion of soliciting bribes. Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro says ...
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Rep. Fleming won’t run for senate against Landrieu
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. John Fleming said Thursday that he won’t enter the U.S. Senate race against Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu because he doesn’t want to divide GOP sup...
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Sheriff suggests jail video may have been doctored
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Sheriff Marlin Gusman raised the possibility Thursday that a lurid video depicting intravenous drug use and weapon possession in the jail he oversees may have been do...
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Explosive gas found under Bayou Corne house slabs
BAYOU CORNE (AP) — Explosive concentrations of gas have been found in soil underneath two homes and a shed in the Bayou Corne community near a large sinkhole in Assumption Parish, officials said. W...
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Essence releases nightly headliners for 2013 fest
NEW ORLEANS — More details about the 2013 Essence Festival have been released, giving fans another look at the talent in store for the music and cultural celebration. Organizers say the festival op...
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AAUP criticizes Southern’s treatment of faculty in cuts
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A national organization of university professors is criticizing the way Southern University faculty members were treated immediately after the school declared a financial emergen...
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Jindal’s higher education budget shaky, uncertain says education chief
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s budget proposal would leave colleges with shaky and uncertain financing next year and create cash flow problems at the schools, Louisiana’s higher education commis...
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Audit: Katrina aid may have been misspent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators said Wednesday that as much as $700 million in federal aid intended to help some 24,000 Louisiana families elevate their homes after Hurricanes Katrina and R...
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Official: Sheriff to blame for NOLA jail problems
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor Mitch Landrieu and his chief administrator turned up the political heat on Sheriff Marlin Gusman on Wednesday, the day after a federal court released videos that showed inmates ...
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No new plan for Citizens’ budget gap BATON ROUGE — The governing board for Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort didn’t choose an alternate approach Wednesday to balance the company’s books ...
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