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School bus driver cited for RR crossing violation LAFAYETTE — A school bus driver in Lafayette Parish has received a traffic ticket and faces disciplinary action for allegedly driving around the a...
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Jindal disputes Medicaid expansion savings
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal disagreed Tuesday with a nonpartisan financial analysis done for lawmakers that estimated the state could save more than $500 million over 10 years by expanding...
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Reef fund remains hot legislative issue
By John Maginnis & Jeremy Alford LaPolitics.com BATON ROUGE – A committee hearing that was scheduled Monday for a bill to place the Artificial Reef Development Fund in the state constitution was...
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PSC’s energy efficienty move challenged
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Supporters of a statewide energy efficiency program on Monday sued the Louisiana Public Service Commission over its handling of a decision to shelve the program. Three organizati...
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Online accounts would be off-limits to employers
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Employers and school officials would be banned from demanding access to the personal online accounts of potential employees or students, under a proposal that won approval Monday...
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Cigarette tax hike shelved amid opposition
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A bid to raise cigarette taxes to the rates charged in neighboring Texas stalled in the House tax committee Monday, as lawmakers continue to show resistance to raising any of Lou...
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Mother of dismembered stripper wants justice NEW ORLEANS — The mother of a woman whose dismembered body washed ashore in Mississippi nearly a year ago wants the killer or killers brought to justi...
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Rocky Trahan watches Diamond try to locate a bomb in a car.
Bomb-sniffing K-9's in high demand since Boston blasts
ABBEVILLE – Bomb-sniffing dogs are in high demand after the Boston Marathon bombing, and USK-9 has a backorder for the specially trained dogs. In Boston after the bombing, bomb-sniffing dogs were u...
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Flood insurance premiums to jump 25 percent
MORGAN CITY – Pending National Flood Insurance Program premium increases will affect nearly 18,000 policies state-wide as soon as subsidies of their premium begin to be phased out. Specific residen...
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Grebinger, missing since early February
Benefit will raise reward money for missing woman info
HENDERSON – A benefit event is being held Saturday to raise money for a reward to be posted in the search for Crystal Dupuis Grebinger, missing since Feb. 8. Grebinger, 32, of the Grand Anse area,...
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The Evangeline Area Council is working on development of a $21 million complex in association with their adoption of the Atchafalaya Basin.
Scouts signing up for first Atchafalaya Swamp adventure
PORT BARRE – Boy Scouts in the Evangeline Area District, as well as those from around the nation, will be able to experience high adventure kayaking in the Atchafalaya Basin beginning this summer. ...
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Budget issues challenge for LSU, other higher ed institutions
MORGAN CITY — Higher education in Louisiana is continuing to face serious budgetary challenges, said William Jenkins, interim LSU system president and chancellor. Funding for higher education is be...
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