State News
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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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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Trombone Shorty, Aaron Neville close Jazz Fest
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For more than two decades, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has closed with a performance by the city’s own Neville Brothers. On Sunday, that tradition changed. Aaron N...
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Louisiana news briefs
Terrebonne voters approve water tax HOUMA — Voters have approved a measure that gives Terrebonne membership in the district that provides the bulk of its drinking water and comes with a new 2.11 m...
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Video poker interests get organized
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Video poker interests in Louisiana are organizing to fight possible taxes on the devices. Louisiana Video Gaming Association president Stan Guidroz said video poker operators wan...
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Tremors at Assumption sinkhole halt some work
BAYOU CORNE (AP) — A moderate increase in tremors at the 15.1-acre sinkhole near Bayou Corne has prevented work there since Wednesday, Assumption Parish officials said. They’re not strong enough to...
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Manda meat products returning
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Manda Fine Meats’ deli and specialty meat products began returning to store shelves over the weekend. The Baton Rouge meat packing company said in a news release that it expects...
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Man once declared dead now faces trial
ALEXANDRIA (AP) — Attorneys have a deadline this month to request that jurors be sequestered for the trial of a man who was declared dead, but surfaced years later as a suspect in the deaths of his...
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Lawsuit looming over canceled Medicaid contract
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A Maryland-based company whose nearly $200 million Medicaid contract with the state was terminated is threatening legal action against Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration, which h...
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