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Contractor objects to cancellation BATON ROUGE — The company whose nearly $200 million Medicaid contract with the state has been canceled says it didn’t do anything improper to get the work, despi...
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Group: Dolphin, turtle deaths a sign of sick Gulf
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Continuing deaths of dolphins and sea turtles are a sign that the Gulf of Mexico is still feeling effects from the 2010 spill that spewed 200 million gallons of oil from a well a...
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Jefferson Parish to burn Isaac debris starting Thursday
MARRERO (AP) — Jefferson Parish plans to burn branches, trees and stumps hauled off after Hurricane Isaac from three west bank towns will be burned Thursday and Friday in a remote part of a park in...
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Common Cause urges Jindal to slow tax swap plan until more data available
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Common Cause says Gov. Bobby Jindal needs to slow down his tax swap plan until he can get his priorities and figures straight. The nonpartisan organization, which is dedicat...
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Big rig pulls in front of another, unrestrained passenger killed
OAKDALE – An Opelousas man died when an 18-wheeler pulled from a private drive into the path of another early Tuesday. State Police said the accident occurred on La. 10 in Vernon Parish east of US ...
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Audit says $2.7M in RSD property is missing BATON ROUGE — A new audit says the state-run Recovery School District has lost track of $2.7 million in property, like computers and equipment. The Lou...
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Injunction sought against Jindal budget
BATON ROUGE, La. — Two Jefferson Parish lawmakers on Monday asked a judge to block the use of patchwork financing in next year’s budget, toughening their legal challenge against Gov. Bobby Jindal’s...
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City of New Orleans in court over jail pact
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former New Orleans jail inmate’s account of an hours-long beating and sexual assault opened a federal court hearing Monday on proposed reforms at the facility. The reforms are ...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Lawmaker: Jindal tax plan faces hurdles to passage
BATON ROUGE, La. — The lawmaker sponsoring Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax rewrite proposal said Monday that while the plan faces strong opposition, it’s not doomed to failure as the legislative session b...
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Feds: Sperm whales near Miss. River are different
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — About 1,300 sperm whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico may be different enough from others in their endangered species to be considered for spe...
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Dixie Brewery’s future uncertain
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The battle over the old Dixie Brewery site has reached a tipping point as the Department of Veterans Affairs moves closer to at least partial demolition and renovation of the his...
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Analysis: ‘Revenue neutral’ toughens tax overhaul
By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE — By declaring his massive tax law rewrite would be “revenue neutral,” Gov. Bobby Jindal has boxed himself into a requirement that seems nearly impo...
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