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Sales tax collection bills pending in Legislature
By John Maginnis & Jeremy Alford LaPolitics.com With the U.S. Senate approving legislation Monday to allow states to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases, attention turns to the Louisiana L...
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Car runs off I-49, hits trees, burns, driver dies
FOREST HILL – A Pineville woman was killed when her car ran off I-49 east of here. has died in a Rapides Parish traffic accident. State police said Tuesday morning’s accident happened south of Loui...
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State climbs higher in CEO biz climate rankings
BATON ROUGE — Chief Executive said Tuesday that CEOs nationwide rank Louisiana No. 11 in the U.S., the state’s highest position ever, in the magazine’s annual ranking of Best & Worst States for B...
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LSU Eunice student Alexander Lege, 19, of Gueydan, captures video footage with his phone of a routine traffic stop in Eunice on Thursday. He was arrested by another Eunice police officer on the scene minutes after this photo was taken. This most recent arrest of Lege marked his third arrest since December.
Chief says cop-watching is 'borderline terroism'
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Eunice Police Chief Ronald Dies said in a recent interview posted on YouTube that the alleged actions of “Cop Watcher” Alexander Lege were “borderl...
May 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Commission will re-name WMA for Dick Yancey
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a resolution on May 2 to rename the Red River-Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area in honor of distinguished conservationist Richard K. Yanc...
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Hank Brodt, left; St. Edmund Catholic High School Principal Sister Joel; Rabbi Arnie Task of Alexandria and students following Brodt's talk last week.
He talks for 6 million Holocaust victims who can't
Sixty-eight years ago Monday -- on May 6, 1945 -- Jew No. 12891 took back his name. Hank Brodt had survived five Nazi concentration camps and the Holocaust and was free again. Sixty years later, B...
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Unlicensed teen's car leaves I-10, hits trees, passenger killed
GONZALES – A car driven by an unlicensed 16-year-old Baton Rouge boy ran off I-10 and hit several trees in the median, killing a rear seat passenger. State police said the accident happened Saturda...
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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 ...
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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Suits against state government mounting
By John Maginnis and Jeremy Alford LaPolitics.com BATON ROUGE — Considering all the lawsuits that have been filed and those that are anticipated, the court system is putting Gov.Bobby Jindal and ...
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Aguillard retains La. College presidency
PINEVILLE – Joe Aguillard remains president of Louisiana College, a post he’s held since January 2005. The Baptist college’s Board of Trustees reached that conclusion in a vote at its special meeti...
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Georges completes Advocate purchases, installs two former Times Picayune editors in top posts
BATON ROUGE – Two former Times Picayune editors were put in key positions by John Georges, new owner of The Advocate. His purchase of the state's largest daily was completed this week. According to...
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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