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Ralph Washington Joins the Republican Party
Ralph Washington, Mayor Pro-Tem of Central, has become a member of the Republican Party. Washington, a lifelong Democrat, becomes the second prominent Louisiana African American public official to...
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INMATES SENTENCED FOR ASSAULTING FELLOW INMATE
ALEXANDRIA – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that A’bleza Skyler Oakie, 24, of Sioux Fall, S.D., and Shannon Fernando Lewis, 27, of Sells, Ariz., were sentenced Monday by U.S....
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Summer Jobs, Taxes and Your Teen
NEW ORLEANS – Students working at a summer job may not earn enough to owe income tax, but they will probably have to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes. As a new employee, students fill out...
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TWO SENTENCED FOR INVOLVEMENT IN AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL NETWORK THAT SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN
SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that two additional defendants were sentenced on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. for their involveme...
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Volunteers walk on their knees and stick plugs into the mud in Little Vermilion Bay. The water was three to four feet deep.
Rebuilding the Louisiana marsh, one bulrush at a time
ABBEVILLE – The Vermilion Soil and Water Conservation District (VSWCD) in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Office of Soil and Water Conservation Louisiana Dept. of Agric...
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Legislators use cooperation, confrontation to broker a budget
By John Maginnis & Jeremy Alford LaPolitics.com BATON ROUGE – With a new bipartisan alliance in the House working to change the way the state budget is written, and with the moderating influence...
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Basin, Henderson, Verret bass length rule dropped, limit reduced
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday approved the removal of the 14" minimum length limit on black bass in the Atchafalaya Basin, Henderson Lake and Lake Verre...
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Mayne succeeds Vidrine in Wildlife enforcement chief post
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) promoted Jeff Mayne to colonel, which is the highest ranking position in the Enforcement Division. Col. Mayne takes over for the recently r...
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Fiscal hawks leaving their mark this session
By John Maginnis & Jeremy Alford LaPolitics.com Hawks Left Impression on Budget Process Although the Budget Reform Coalition, the formal organization where the House’s so-called fiscal hawks nes...
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Tangipahoa pays respects to fallen hero Chris Drake
HAMMOND--Thousands of friends, classmates and brothers in arms paid respects to Army Spc. Chris Drake Tuesday as the National Guardsman's body came home from the Afghanistan war. Classmates came f...
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Tropical trough will bypass Louisiana
By Jim Bradshaw An area of disturbed weather in the Gulf of Mexico will leave Louisiana alone. There is the possibility that the system could develop into Tropical Storm Andrea and that it co...
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Former Advocate top editor retiring
BATON ROUGE – Long-time Advocate reporter and editor Carl Redman is retiring, a move anticipated since the newspaper changed ownership in May. Redman has been the newspaper’s executive editor for 6...
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