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Objections raised to school funding formula change
BATON ROUGE, La. — The House budget committee chairman said Wednesday he disagreed with proposed changes to the public school funding formula that would strip a requirement for how much money must ...
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Rapist pleads guility in 1985 case
WINNFIELD – A man who raped, robbed and terrorized a woman almost 30 years ago has at last been sentenced to prison. Jessie Mills was arrested in 1985 and found guilty in 1987. But the verdict was ...
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Teen cousins die in house fire; path out blocked by furniture
WEST MONROE – Two teenage cousins died when their path to safety from a house fire was blocked by furniture, officials said. Kyle Phillips, 18, and Mitchell Whitehead, 16, were sleeping when the bl...
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September trial set for man accused of killing three over XBox 360
SHREVEPORT – A man accused of killing three brothers in an argument over a gaming system is scheduled for September trial. Marcus Reed, 35, pleaded not guilty to the 2010 of the men he accused of t...
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Cassidy running for U.S. Senate in 2014
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy is running for the Senate next year, seeking to keep Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu from a fourth term in office. Cassidy, a Baton Rouge doc...
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Louisiana news briefs
Contractor objects to cancellation BATON ROUGE — The company whose nearly $200 million Medicaid contract with the state has been canceled says it didn’t do anything improper to get the work, despi...
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Group: Dolphin, turtle deaths a sign of sick Gulf
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Continuing deaths of dolphins and sea turtles are a sign that the Gulf of Mexico is still feeling effects from the 2010 spill that spewed 200 million gallons of oil from a well a...
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Jefferson Parish to burn Isaac debris starting Thursday
MARRERO (AP) — Jefferson Parish plans to burn branches, trees and stumps hauled off after Hurricane Isaac from three west bank towns will be burned Thursday and Friday in a remote part of a park in...
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Common Cause urges Jindal to slow tax swap plan until more data available
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Common Cause says Gov. Bobby Jindal needs to slow down his tax swap plan until he can get his priorities and figures straight. The nonpartisan organization, which is dedicat...
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Big rig pulls in front of another, unrestrained passenger killed
OAKDALE – An Opelousas man died when an 18-wheeler pulled from a private drive into the path of another early Tuesday. State Police said the accident occurred on La. 10 in Vernon Parish east of US ...
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Audit says $2.7M in RSD property is missing BATON ROUGE — A new audit says the state-run Recovery School District has lost track of $2.7 million in property, like computers and equipment. The Lou...
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Injunction sought against Jindal budget
BATON ROUGE, La. — Two Jefferson Parish lawmakers on Monday asked a judge to block the use of patchwork financing in next year’s budget, toughening their legal challenge against Gov. Bobby Jindal’s...
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