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House budget changes further imperil higher ed, health care, officials assert
BATON ROUGE – The Jindal administration says the House version of next year’s budget will do great harm to health care and higher education. Republicans in the House disagree, saying the $268 milli...
May 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Grassy Lake yields a sunken treasure
BELLE RIVER – Not long ago, Rhett Pipsair of Pierre Part, son of Joe and Laura Nell Pipsair of Belle River, stopped by his parents house on Levee Highway to show off a real treasure. The younger Pi...
May 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rural roads funding bill heads to Jindal
BATON ROUGE -- Borrowed money would be used to upgrade rural roads in the state under a plan approved by the Legislature on Wednesday. Gov. Bobby Jindal supports the $325 million borrowing to fund ...
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Crowley council eyes how to monitor underage drinking at Rice Festival
CROWLEY – The city is apparently going to take steps to do something about underage drinking at the annual Rice Festival. At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, officials discussed the Police Dep...
May 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tangipahoa petro leasing bringing in more dollars as demand grows
AMITE--The number of oil leases in Tangipahoa Parish during the first four months of 2012 has nearly matched the 564 in the parish for all of 2011, said Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court Julian Dufr...
May 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kisatchie wildflower bounty on display
WINNFIELD – Kisatchie National Forest will host its annual “Celebrating Wildflowers Event” on Saturday, May 12, 2012 with a prairie tour on the Winn Ranger District. The tour will begin at the Win...
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Man charged with sex crimes involving his 9-year-old daughter
LEESVILLE – Louisiana State Police have charged a Rosepine man with sex crimes involving his daughter. Shaun Mueller, 34, is charged with pornography involving juveniles and indecent behaviror with...
May 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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Zachary officials respond to citizen backlash, won't accept scholarship students from other systems' failing schools
Responding to input from the community, Zachary Community School District officials have decided not to participate in the Louisiana Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program (SSEEP) ...
May 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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No Cinco de Mayo celebration for Mexican nationals busted in Eunice drug case
Eunice Police arrested two men on allegations of selling cocaine and marijuana and seized $56,700 in suspected drug proceeds. Manuel Cuellar-Martinez, 1044 Hwy. 91, and Jose Luis Cuellar-Zamarron,...
May 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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Browning back in Fire Marshal chair
BATON ROUGE – State Fire Marshal Butch Browning Butch Browning was reinstated as the Louisiana State Fire Marshal today, following a State Police investigation which found that there is no factual ...
May 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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DEQ again charges waste tire transporter with numerous violations
CHURCH POINT – Investigators with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality on Thursday again arrested a waste tire transporter from Church Point on n...
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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CEOs pick La. as most-improved for business
BATON ROUGE, La. — Chief Executive magazine announced Wednesday that CEOs nationwide rank Louisiana as the most-improved state for business in the U.S., according to the magazine's 2012 Best/Worst ...
May 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
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