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Louisiana Guard Soldier killed in Afghanistan
Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. – The U.S. Department of Defense announced today the death of a Louisiana National Guard Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring ...
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Centralized debt collection is a work in progress in La.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers looking to boost dollars for state expenses are trying to reach a compromise to centralize and toughen debt collection efforts, with estimates that the move could drum ...
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Baby water snakes slither in La. Capitol basement BATON ROUGE — Snakes are slithering around the basement of Louisiana’s state Capitol. And Democrats and Republicans have the same question. “We’r...
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Terrebonne says floodgates ready for storm season HOUMA — Two new floodgates in Terrebonne Parish are ready for any threat during the coming hurricane season, local levee officials said. The new g...
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Orange-colored oil slicks can be seen in the water where recovery operations were taking place at the Deepwater Horizon rig site in the Gulf of Mexico in May 2010. The rig explosion on April 20, 2010, killed 11 workers and unleashed an estimated 200 million gallons of crude oil.
Oil spill restoration draft plan released
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — There’s now a draft plan for using fines from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to restore the Gulf Coast’s natural resources and economy. But the document released Thursday does...
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WW2 Marine’s diary: A brief look at a brief life
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Before Cpl. Thomas “Cotton” Jones was killed by a Japanese sniper in the South Pacific in 1944, he wrote what he called his “last life request” ...
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DOTD installs sinkhole monitors BATON ROUGE — State officials have installed enhanced monitoring equipment along La. 70, near the Assumption Parish sinkhole. The Louisiana Department of Transportat...
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Jindal adviser: LSU privatization deals on track
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s top budget architect said Thursday the state will have enough money to cover the costs of privatizing nearly all of the LSU-run hospitals next year without sh...
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St. Martin jury convicts in 1984 rape case
St. Martinville – Relying almost solely on the memories of an ordeal that occurred when the victim was only 10 years old back in 1984, St. Martin Parish Assistant District Attorney Pamela Lemoines ...
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Jindal-backed retirement change delayed by a year
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers have delayed the start date of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s signature retirement achievement from last year, a law that would shift future rank-and-file state workers to a 401(k...
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College tuition hike bill scrapped for session
BATON ROUGE, La. — Attempts to raise tuition at Louisiana’s public colleges appear dead for the session, despite concerns about repeated rounds of budget cuts to schools. Rep. Walt Leger, the numb...
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La. online privacy bill dies
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A proposal to ban employers and schools from demanding access to personal online accounts has been scrapped. The House had approved the measure. But Rep. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge...
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