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Senate panel rejects delay for teacher evaluations
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Senators killed House-backed education bills that sought delays in the disciplinary effects of a new teacher evaluation system and the use of ACT scores in calculating high schoo...
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Jindal signs life-time concealed carry permit into law
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana residents can get lifetime concealed handgun permits under terms of a bill signed into law Thursday night. The measure was the first gun bill to reach Gov. Bobby Jindal’s de...
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Senators rework $25B budget, reverse House cuts
By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — The Senate’s budget-writing committee took its turn Wednesday at crafting next year’s $25 billion spending plan, adding $350 million in state...
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Which hurricane model is best?
By TAMARA LUSH Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When forecasters from the National Weather Service track a hurricane, they use models from several different supercomputers located around the...
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Louisiana news briefs
Bill reduces some pot sentences BATON ROUGE — The House narrowly agreed Wednesday to a proposal that would lessen the sentences for people convicted of marijuana possession in Louisiana. Under cur...
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State parks fees going up
BATON ROUGE – The Office of State Parks is making necessary fee adjustments on camping sites at parks and entrance fees at historic sites. The new pricing will go into effect July 1, 2013. The fee ...
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Cottonport Bank opens Baton Rouge branch
BATON ROUGE – The Cottonport Bank has opened a branch in Baton Rouge, its first in a major metropolitan city. The bank, founded in Cottonport in 1902, operates branches in Avoyelles, Ppinte Coupee...
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Caddo cuts 107 teaching slots
SHREVEPORT – The Caddo Parish School Board eliminated 107 elementary and high school teaching positions Wednesday, part of the strategy toward reducing a $21.5 million deficit. The cuts, mostly thr...
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LSU privatization deals OK’d
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The LSU Board of Supervisors approved contracts Tuesday to privatize four more of the university system’s public hospitals, even though the agreements were missing key finan...
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Louisiana news briefs -- RPG kills soldier, 20, from Tickfaw in Afganistan
RPG kills soldier, 20, from Tickfaw in Afganistan NEW ORLEANS — The Defense Department says a 20-year-old soldier from Tickfaw has been killed in Afghanistan by a rocket-propelled grenade. A news ...
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Senate backs protection for hospital funding
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Louisiana Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed proposals that would make it more difficult to reduce dollars paid to private hospitals and nursing homes for taking care of...
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Exxon lobbyist
Exxon lobbyist, former Duke athlete BATON ROUGE – Services for former Duke University football and baseball player and Exxon Louisiana government affairs manager Roy Marley, Jr. will be Friday. He ...
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