BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards laid out his reasoning to lawmakers Friday for a deficit-closing special session, saying he won’t seek tax increases to close the $304 million gap and will try to protect education programs ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards’ chief of staff told state senators that federal regulations and laws governing disaster response are hampering Louisiana’s ability to recover from two devastating floods last year. Ben Nevers spoke Thursday to ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lawmakers appeared sympathetic to the former leader of Louisiana’s Wildlife and Fisheries agency in response to an audit raising questions about the propriety of millions in spending during his tenure. Former department secretary Robert Barham ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say two owners of psychological service companies have been convicted in an $8.9 million Medicare fraud scheme that billed Medicare for unnecessary or nonexistent tests on nursing home patients in four Gulf Coast states. ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers resistant to the idea of a deficit-closing special session have raised concerns about paying for the Legislature’s return to Baton Rouge amid continuing shortfalls. But the actual cost of such a gathering isn’t ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican Secretary of State Tom Schedler is defending Louisiana’s elections system, as President Donald Trump announced an investigation into voter fraud in the fall election. Schedler released a statement Wednesday saying: “Louisiana did not have ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on the education board’s creation of new charter schools (all times local): 11:35 a.m. Ongoing litigation that threatens to strip the financing for more than 30 of Louisiana’s public charter schools didn’t stop ...
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ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A man has admitted to making four false bomb threats in one day to Rapides Parish schools in 2014. The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (http://townta.lk/2jN2QYI) reported Monday that 20-year-old Rueben D. Byon pleaded guilty on Jan. ...
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MONROE, La. (AP) — The Monroe Fire Department has named its first female captain. Local news outlets report that Firefighter Sabrina January was appointed to the position Monday. January joined the department in 2001 and was one of three who ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have unveiled an extensive, $40 million program to fight crime and terrorism in New Orleans. It includes plans for round-the-clock monitoring of cameras in 20 high crime hot spots, take-home cars for police officers, high-tech ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration will unveil its proposal for eliminating Louisiana’s $304 million deficit to lawmakers Friday, a budget-rebalancing plan that will hinge on the governor’s plan to call a special legislative session for ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana lawyer who worked in exchange for marijuana has been suspended from practice for a year. The state’s Supreme Court rejected a disciplinary board’s recommendation to let attorney James Mecca keep working. Mecca pleaded guilty ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The former warden of Louisiana’s largest prison may have violated state law by using prison resources and public funds to renovate and furnish his homes, according to a government report released Monday. An audit report ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — State financing for more than 30 Louisiana public charter schools could end as early as next week, after a judge’s ruling Friday. A state appellate court ruled this month that money from Louisiana’s public school ...
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LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s flood recovery task force has agreed to Gov. John Bel Edwards’ proposal to spend $1.2 billion in federal aid allocated by Congress, with most of the money targeted for homeowners. Under the plan approved Friday, ...
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