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Does Jindal's 'lame duck' status float?
By John Maginnis & Jeremy Alford LaPolitics Notebook BATON ROUGE – Though 30 months remain in Gov. Bobby Jindal’s second term, political observers are looking closely for signs that his power has ...
Jun 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Driver dies when pickup hit by train; wet road, worn tires blamed
SWARTZ – A driver who couldn’t stop in time was killed when a freight train rammed his pickup Tuesday evening. State Police said Jason Hensley, 22, of Lake Providence was killed in the accident at ...
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American Bald Eagles perch in a cypress in South Louisiana. The 6th annual Louisiana Eagle Expo will be in Morgan City on Feb. 10-12. Schedule: 985-395-4905.
Eagles' poisoining adds to baffling Louisiana wildlife file
NEW ORLEANS – Another baffling and enraging maltreatment of wildlife has been added to the Louisiana file. Federal investigators report that someone poisoned and killed two bald eagles in Thibodaux...
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Fishing for Memories rodeo adds two categories for June 20-23 event
ABBEVILLE – Fishing for Memories: A Benefit Rodeo for the Alzheimer’s Association beginning June 20 added a 14th category in response to the extension of the Red Snapper Season by NOAA. This additi...
Jun 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 137 137 recommendations | email to a friend
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Woman's car hits tree, she dies
WISNER – A Wisner woman was killed in a car crash on Sunday night in Franklin Parish. The dead woman was identified as 25-year-old Memory Roberts, said Louisiana State Police. Roberts was driving a...
Jun 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 227 227 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Jun 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 412 412 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Jun 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 350 350 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Jun 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 395 395 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Jun 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 266 266 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Jun 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 256 256 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Jun 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 225 225 recommendations | email to a friend
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