BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) â A federal investigation has found that Louisiana unnecessarily isolates and segregates thousands of mentally ill people in costly nursing facilities instead of providing them with community-based services. In a 30-page letter to Gov. John Bel ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Department of Revenue says it will start accepting 2016 state individual income tax returns on Jan. 23. That’s the same date that the IRS begins accepting federal tax returns. Jan. 23 also is ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Despite the flooding that struck south Louisiana in August, prospects for a decades-old project aimed at protecting Baton Rouge area homes remain murky. The 12-mile structure is called the Comite (KOH’-meet) River Diversion Canal. It ...
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RUSTON, La. (AP) — Ruston third- through fifth-graders recently received a surprise chance to not only read and discuss books with Louisiana Tech University athletes, but also learn from the athletes what it takes to be a college student. Dogs ...
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — The administrator of Calcasieu Parish says the parish is experiencing growth that helps officials meet public service needs. “Residents need to understand how fortunate we are to be in a growth period,” Bryan Beam told ...
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ZWOLLE, La. (AP) — A woman who was struck and killed by a train in the northwest Louisiana city of Zwolle (ZWAH’-lee) has been identified. KSLA-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2hrLW43) that the Sabine Parish coroner on Monday identified the woman as 57-year-old ...
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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Police in Shreveport say a teenager was wounded as he and others played with a handgun Christmas Eve. The Shreveport Times reports (http://bit.ly/2ikyLi9) that the 14-year-old was hospitalized in serious condition. Police say several people were ...
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LEESVILLE, La. (AP) — Leesville City Council members have been told the city could face penalties if it repeats practices that have come in for criticism in audit reports. The Lake Charles American Press reports (http://bit.ly/2hrvQY2) that accountant Burton Kolder, ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Plans for spending more than $1billion in newly approved federal flood recovery money will be discussed at a Jan. 6 meeting of the Restore Louisiana Task Force. U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dillard University in New Orleans and the Housing Authority of St. John the Baptist Parish are the Louisiana recipients of newly announced federal grants to help people find jobs and achieve economic independence. A Department of ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Teams from Australia, New York and California are among five finalists in Tulane University’s $1 million contest to find ways to fight “dead zones” where water holds too little oxygen to support life. There are hundreds ...
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FERRIDAY, La. (AP) — Ferriday police are looking for missing equipment signed out to employees who left or were fired during the past four years, but a department consultant believes the items will be returned. The Ferriday Board of Alderman ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana’s lawmakers didn’t need to wait for Christmas to get the lump of coal in their stockings. They already knew about the financial headaches they’ll have to tackle in 2017. ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Legislature has spent at least $98,000 for lawmakers to travel to conferences and meet with colleagues in other states since they wrapped up their legislative sessions this year. Thirty-five of 105 House members ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Early next year, crews will begin cleaning out the art deco public hospital abandoned after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans tells WDSU-TV (http://bit.ly/2hQRQe4) that it has awarded ...
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