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 ...
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...
St. Helena to take up strip club regulations ST. HELENA – Strip clubs will be back on the Police Jury runway Tuesday night.
Strip clubs have been the focus of most residents in St. Helena Parish for some years now. Some supporting them and o...
Man allegedly takes bat to head of another DUPONT – A man who alleged used a baseball bat on the head of another is charged with attempted second-degree murder.
According to Avoyelles Sheriff Doug Anderson, Brandon Pepiton, 31, of Dupont, a...
Teen held in Abbeville slaying ABBEVILLE – A teenager is charged with killing another in a Friday night shooting here.
Walter August, 18, of Abbeville was charged early Monday with the second-degree murder of Jovontae Charles, ...
House panel rejects Medicaid expansion, Senate hearing to come BATON ROUGE — A Senate committee next week will take up the issue of expanding Medicaid to cover more uninsured, an action a House panel turned down Wednesday.
The House Health and Welfare Committe...
Reef fund remains hot legislative issue
By John Maginnis
& Jeremy Alford
LaPolitics.com
BATON ROUGE – A committee hearing that was scheduled Monday for a bill to place the Artificial Reef Development Fund in the state constitution was...
Bomb-sniffing K-9's in high demand since Boston blasts ABBEVILLE – Bomb-sniffing dogs are in high demand after the Boston Marathon bombing, and USK-9 has a backorder for the specially trained dogs.
In Boston after the bombing, bomb-sniffing dogs were u...
Flood insurance premiums to jump 25 percent MORGAN CITY – Pending National Flood Insurance Program premium increases will affect nearly 18,000 policies state-wide as soon as subsidies of their premium begin to be phased out.
Specific residen...
