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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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Lafayette airport unveils upgrades LAFAYETTE — The ends of the runways at Lafayette Regional Airport have been re-engineered for safety. State Transportation Secretary Sherri LeBas said Federal Av...
Apr 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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State will chip in on floodgate cost
POINTE-AUX-CHENES (AP) — State officials have approved a grant that will pay for 50 percent of the cost of a new floodgate to be built on Bayou Pointe-aux-Chenes. The barge floodgate will be 56 fee...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Medicaid expansion set for a vote
By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE — Nearly a year after Gov. Bobby Jindal declared that Louisiana wouldn’t tap into billions of federal dollars to expand Louisiana’s Medicaid program...
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Woman arrested; pit bulls attack letter carrier EUNICE — A 30-year-old Eunice woman has been arrested for warrants related to a dog attack on a letter carrier. Nicole Courville was booked with cru...
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Jindal rebuffs legislators’ LSU move
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal said Thursday he won’t seek legislative approval of his administration’s LSU hospital privatization agreements, though both the House and Senate have voted that they...
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AG: Wine ice cream illegal in La.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Rum-laced fruitcake and boozy bonbons can be sold in Louisiana, but wine ice cream will need action by legislators before it can hit grocers’ freezers. State Alcohol and Tobacco ...
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Iberia board gets mixed news on revenue front NEW IBERIA — The Iberia Parish School Board held a slightly more optimistic view of its fiscal status than it did in February after reviewing revenue...
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pro-gun bills approved by La. House panel
BATON ROUGE — With gun control being debated at the federal level, Louisiana lawmakers advanced a batch of bills Wednesday they say are aimed at pre-empting any stricter gun laws that could make it...
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Marine Shale clean-up on June completion schedule
AMELIA — Work to finish cleaning up the former Marine Shale Processors site just outside of Amelia, which began in February, is ongoing with June 26 as the projected completion date of the cleanup,...
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Man who walked out of La. trial caught in Philadelphia LAFAYETTE — U.S. marshals in Philadelphia have caught a 43-year-old Louisiana man who walked away from his trial on charges including vehicula...
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Judge chides corps over New Orleans levees
NEW ORLEANS — The Army Corps of Engineers built a “tragically flawed” levee system for New Orleans — but isn’t liable for claims that excavation work by a government contractor weakened a floodwall...
Apr 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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