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Has Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal finally “seen the light” as his popularity has plummeted to a dangerous low, in part, due to his penchant for campaigning nationally while some believe, abandoning the job he says he loves and wants.
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Truckload of LA GOP directives
Mark Ballard’s column in the Sunday Advocate is about the sudden change in the “Fiscal Hawks”/Democrats budget plan.
Initially, the plan targeted many existing tax exemptions for reduction by 15%. That part of the plan was suddenly dropped.
Ballard explains that the sudden change was a result of thousands of “robo calls” from the LA Republican Party and other groups to Republican leges.
LA-EXPLOSIVES INVESTIGATION
APNewsBreak: La. suspends explosives license
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Louisiana authorities have suspended the explosives licenses of a company accused of improperly storing millions of pounds of a military propellant in Louisiana.
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Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell is using illegal, contingency-fee contracts to hire his top supporters to represent the state in its biggest tort cases, lawsuit watchdogs allege.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - State and federal authorities are offering a $3,000 reward for information about whoever shot and killed a whooping crane along the Red River in northwest Louisiana.
The 5-foot-tall cranes are among the world's most endangered birds, with 412 in the wild and about 200 in captivity.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - State and federal authorities are offering a $3,000 reward for information about whoever shot and killed a whooping crane along the Red River in northwest Louisiana.
The 5-foot-tall cranes are among the world's most endangered birds, with 412 in the wild and about 200 in captivity.
Volunteers, who mobilized over the weekend to search for 8- year-old Owen Black, were devastated by the news.
"It hurts. It's hard. Couldn't imagine being their parents. I just couldn't imagine losing a child," said Del Lively, a volunteer.
Lively and other volunteers who spent the weekend looking for the boy were shocked to hear their search had reached a tragic end.
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Shoppers can prepare for the hurricane season while saving some pennies during the Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday.
The 2013 sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. May 25 and ends at 11:59 p.m. May 26.
Louisiana law spares those shopping for hurricane-related purchases from paying the state's 4% sales tax on the first $1,500 in purchases of such items as portable generators, storm shutter devices and smaller items, such as portable light sources, cellular phone batteries and food storage coolers.
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