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Louisiana current budget gaps remain
BATON ROUGE — About $88 million expected for this year’s state budget hasn’t been received yet by the treasurer’s office for spending, lawmakers were told Friday. Members of the joint House and Sen...
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New Orleans TV newsman Alec Gifford dies at 85
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Alec Gifford, a television pioneer who shot to stardom with his coverage of Hurricane Betsy, has died. Gifford died Friday at 85, reports WDSU-TV, his longtime employer. The news...
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State names sinkhole study group
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The head of Louisiana’s Department of Natural Resources has named 13 scientists and other experts to serve on a commission to determine the long-term stability of the area around...
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Shreveport Downtown only La. tower set to close
MONROE (AP) — Shreveport’s Downtown Airport will see its control tower close sometime after April 7. It was the only Louisiana airport tower among the 149 named for closure Friday by the Federal Av...
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Religious leaders say Jindal tax data is wrong
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s claims that nearly all families will get a financial break under his tax swap proposal doesn’t factor all the sales tax increases into the analysis, a gr...
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Teacher-coach charged with sexual conduct with player
HAUGHTON – A teacher-coach is accused of having sexual conduct with one of her players. Bossier Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Haughton teacher Friday on charges involving a 17-year-old student. Jes...
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Louisiana news briefs
Man accused of attacking girlfriend with bleach EUNICE — A 34-year-old Eunice man remains in jail after his girlfriend told police he held her down and poured bleach on her face and other parts of...
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Jindal cancels contract under review by grand jury
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration announced Thursday it is scrapping a lucrative state Medicaid contract that is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation. Commissioner ...
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LSU president finalist meets with students, staff
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The man expected to be the next president of the LSU system defended the closed-door search that chose him and pledged Thursday to work closely with university faculty despite th...
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BP seeks sanctions over missing cement samples
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP asked a federal judge Thursday to sanction its cement contractor on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling project, accusing the company of withholding critical evidence tha...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
PAR: Jindal plan is $650M short of ‘revenue neutral’
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax code rewrite could cost the state as much as $650 million in lost revenue, rather than being “revenue neutral” as the governor claims, according to a nonp...
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Eunice man accused of attacking girlfriend with bleach
EUNICE, La.. — A 34-year-old Eunice man remains in jail after his girlfriend told police he held her down and poured bleach on her face and other parts of her body. Police said Chance Ceasar is bei...
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