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Iberia Parish appointee sues parish government
NEW IBERIA (AP) — A battle between Iberia Parish President Errol Romero and the Parish Council over hiring and budgetary decisions has spilled over into federal court. Romero had hired Holly Leleux...
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Supreme Court rejects vouchers
NEW ORLEANS — The funding method for a private school tuition voucher program pushed through the Legislature last year by Gov. Bobby Jindal is unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesda...
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Car runs off I-49, hits trees, burns, driver dies
FOREST HILL – A Pineville woman was killed when her car ran off I-49 east of here. has died in a Rapides Parish traffic accident. State police said Tuesday morning’s accident happened south of Loui...
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Louisiana news briefs
Lawmakers back ban on drivers using social media BATON ROUGE — An attempt to ban posting to Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites while driving is nearing final passage in the Louisiana L...
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House OKs shielding some guns from federal laws
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The House backed a proposal Monday that would allow gun buyers and sellers to circumvent any federal firearms ban if the gun was manufactured in the state, though no manufacturer...
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Food stamp audit finds overpayment, possible fraud
BATON ROUGE (AP) — An audit of Louisiana’s food stamp program for low-income families released Monday said weak oversight has allowed for duplicate benefits, overpayments and more than $1 million p...
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State worker retirement plan change delayed
BATON ROUGE,(AP) — Both the House and Senate unanimously agreed Monday to delay by one year the start of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s plan to shift future rank-and-file state workers to a 401(k)-style retir...
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Mississippi River floods farmland
LAKE PROVIDENCE (AP) — The Mississippi River is again flooding about 8,500 acres of farmland in East Carroll Parish’s Bunches Bend, which had a huge levee failure in 2011 that wiped out $10 million...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
GOP legislatorsclashing on budget
BATON ROUGE, La. — House Republicans are at odds over a bipartisan budget proposal that contains $329 million in cuts to tax break programs that largely benefit businesses. The divide within GOP ra...
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74% of TOPS recipients graduate within 6 years
NEW ORLEANS — More than 44 percent of the Louisiana students who received scholarships from the state’s TOPS program over a seven-year period had their awards canceled for one reason or another, ac...
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State climbs higher in CEO biz climate rankings
BATON ROUGE — Chief Executive said Tuesday that CEOs nationwide rank Louisiana No. 11 in the U.S., the state’s highest position ever, in the magazine’s annual ranking of Best & Worst States for B...
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Session reaches the midpoint, no bills passed
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers reach the midpoint of their annual legislative session next week, with no bills yet reaching final passage, budget negotiations at a critical point and a series of prop...
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