LA: Panel hears 'slush fund' criticisms, defenses
State Treasurer John Kennedy pushed Tuesday to purge legislators' special projects from the state budget.
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Archive of Louisiana on Wednesday November 04, 2009
LA: Panel hears 'slush fund' criticisms, defenses
State Treasurer John Kennedy pushed Tuesday to purge legislators' special projects from the state budget. Read More
LA: Day care licenses for 12 Louisiana centers revoked by state
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Twelve day care centers, including three in the New Orleans area, have lost their state operating licenses because of safety concerns, the state Department of Social Services announced Tuesday, as it wrapped up a new round of inspections. Read More
LA: Former Gov. Dave Treen remembered for honesty, integrity at Mandeville service
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- The state's first GOP congressman and governor since Reconstruction had contemplated becoming a Methodist minister in his youth, so it was only fitting that when former Gov. Dave Treen came home to Mandeville on Tuesday, it was a Methodist minister who laid him to rest. Read More
LA: DOTD explains ramp controls
Ramp meters, which would be the first of their kind in Louisiana, are aimed at making it easier to merge onto the interstate. They will force vehicles to proceed one at a time along entrance ramps onto I-12, roughly at four-second intervals. Read More
LA: LSU drops optional writing condition
LSU will no longer require student applicants to take the optional writing component of the standardized ACT test, university officials said Tuesday evening. Read More
LA: Billboards on human trafficking going up in New Orleans area
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Ten billboards paid for by the federal government are going up in the New Orleans metropolitan area to alert people to the existence of human trafficking. Read More |