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DOTD to upgrade portion U.S. 90
LAFAYETTE (AP) — A section of U.S. 90 in Lafayette Parish may soon be upgraded as part of the Interstate 49 South project. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development issued a notice...
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Republicans’ budget lawsuit dismissed BATON ROUGE — Republican lawmakers seeking to stop the use of patchwork financing in next year’s budget lost a legal battle Wednesday in their bid to keep the ...
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Judge: ex-priest interview can be used at trial
LAKE CHARLES (AP) — State District Judge David Ritchie says prosecutors can use the recorded interview of authorities’ initial questioning of former priest Mark Broussard. Broussard is accused of m...
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Bear kills calf in West Carroll
EPPS – Wildlife and Fisheries personnel are trying to trap a bear that killed a calf in a pasture near here last week. LDWF Wildlife Division staff responded to the reported incident, performing a ...
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La. College gets $10 million gift
PINEVILLE – Louisiana College President Joe Aguillard, fresh off a retention vote by the Board of Trustees, said Wednesday that the private Baptist school has received a $10 million donation. Aguil...
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Bill would allow colleges to set their own tuition
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Two measures that would take lawmakers out of setting college tuition rates started advancing Tuesday in the Louisiana House. The House Education Committee approved a bill that w...
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Senate panel backs Medicaid expansion model
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A proposal for Louisiana to tap into the federal health overhaul money available for expanding Medicaid narrowly won approval Tuesday from the state Senate’s health committee, de...
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House lawmakers split over budget maneuver
By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE — Lawmakers in the House split with their leadership Tuesday and refused to accept a procedural move that would have given most of the decision-maki...
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Jindal: $340M from BP for Gulf restoration
LAFITTE (AP) — BP PLC has agreed to pay $340 million to restore four of the barrier islands that act as hurricane buffers for Louisiana’s mainland and create two fish research hatcheries in the sta...
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Lawmakers refuse to expand public records access
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The House ethics committee on Tuesday backed Gov. Bobby Jindal’s effort to keep most of his records hidden from public view and rejected a proposal that would have limited the g...
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New Orleans paper is a daily again: The Advocate sold
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Months after cutting its print edition to three days a week, The Times-Picayune of New Orleans on Tuesday announced plans for a three-day-a-week tabloid called TPStreet available...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Setbacks vex GOP governors eyeing 2016 race
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican governors are often seen as innovative policymakers and potential presidential candidates, but a few are struggling with political or ethical problems that might crimp ...
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