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| Hurricanes |
NOAA predicts another busy hurricane season
Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. Read more...
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| Audit Flap |
Republicans chafe over financial statement request
Louisiana's Republican Party blasted the legislative auditor's office after both the GOP and the state Democratic Party were asked to turn over financial statements to comply with a long-overlooked law.
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| Flood Insurance |
Landrieu seeks to delay flood insurance increases
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu filed legislation this week to delay flood insurance increases for many residents and businesses in southern Louisiana that officials fear could begin skyrocketing at the end of the year. Read more...
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| Big Business |
Study: Chemical industry to bring thousands of jobs to LA
Abundant supplies of shale gas have transformed America's chemical industry from the world's high-cost producer five years ago to among the world's lowest-cost producers today, and the economic benefits of that are outlined in the study "Shale Gas, Competitiveness, and New U.S. Chemical Industry... Read more
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| Not Justified? |
Cops: Cutoff resident killed man who wouldn't say why he was there
Cops report a Lafourche Parish man killed another man because he was in his neighborhood and wouldn't tell him why he was there. Police say it does not qualify as self defense. "Patrol deputies and detectives responded to ABC Lane at around 4:45 a.m. on Wednesday... Read more
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| I-10 Murder |
Murder victim found in car on I-10
New Orleans Police are investigating a murder after responding to reports of shots fired on the I-10 near the Superdome. It happened around 5:00 a.m. right where the eastbound I-10 and the Pontchartrain Expressway split near the Dome. Read more...
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| Tea Party Educ. |
LA tea party attempt to stop national standards for education
A tea party-backed attempt to keep Louisiana from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing will be considered by the Senate. Read more....
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| Judge Carjacked |
New Orleans criminal court judge carjacked outside home
New Orleans Police say they have arrested three teenagers suspected of carjacking a New Orleans judge outside his home in the city's Carrollton neighborhood. Read more...
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| NOLA Schools |
New Orleans public schools celebrate!
The Recovery School District's New Orleans schools led the state in performance growth on state tests in 2013, and showed the largest growth over the last six years. Read more...
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| Judge Carjacked |
Report: New Orleans criminal judge carjacked, car totaled
Orleans Criminal Court Judge Frank Marullo is apparently unharmed after reportedly being carjacked in the Carrollton neighborhood. Read more...http://wwl.com/Report--New-Orleans-criminal-judge-carjacked--car-/16415772
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| Printer Perps? |
Slidell Police: Printer theft leads to high-speed chase
Slidell police say an off-duty officer used “spike strips” following a high-speed chase to catch a couple fleeing the scene of the theft of an ink-jet printer. Investigators say the pursuit started after the pair nearly ran over a cop. Read more...
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| Cops Killed |
Suspect in St. John deputy ambush pleads guilty
A third of the suspects charged in the deadly ambush last August that claimed the lives of two St. John Parish sheriff's deputies and the wounding of two others has pleaded guilty. Read more...
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| No Tweeting! |
Lawmakers vote to ban posting status updates while driving
It appears enough drivers in Louisiana have been taking their eyes off the road and putting it on their web-enabled phones that lawmakers have approved a ban on posting to social media like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram while driving. Read more...
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| Buckle Up |
Authorities push seatbelt safety
Between now and June 2, officers from 132 agencies will participate in the state's largest-ever concentrated effort to increase the use of seatbelts. This year's "Click It or Ticket" campaign includes stepped-up enforcement, broadcast advertising and public education... Read more
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| Hunger Shopping |
Study: Hungry shoppers load up on junk food
When you grocery shop definitely can affect your waistline. We've all gone grocery shopping when we were hungry, but a new study proves that it really can be detrimental to your waistline. Read more...
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| No Obamacare |
LA House overwhelmingly refuses to expand Medicaid
The Louisiana House has rejected an attempt to provide government-subsidized health insurance to thousands of people with the Medicaid dollars available under the federal Affordable Care Act.
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| Elderly Theft |
Cops: Thief preying on Northshore retirement home
A thief, who Slidell police say was preying on the elderly, has been arrested. The victim's, all of whom cops say were over 89-years-old, were residents at a local retirement home in Slidell. Read more....
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| La. Helps Out |
Louisiana disaster volunteers heading to Oklahoma
Hours after the residents of Moore, Oklahoma began the long process of picking up the pieces of their lives, a team of disaster volunteers from Louisiana was already on their way to render assisstance. Read more and learn how you can help...
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| No Tweeting |
LA drivers can't tweet or post to Facebook
Motorists in Louisiana will have to add tweets and Facebook updates to the list of activity banned while driving, in addition to texting. A bill prohibiting posting to social media sites while driving gained final approval with a 34-1 Senate vote on Tuesday. It now....Read more, but not while you're driving!
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| Distracted? |
Study: More of us need a 'Do Not Disturb' sign at work
The Office Workplace Productivity study is out with the top reasons we have trouble getting our work accomplished. This Ask.com survey finds the majority prefer to work alone, and most distractions come in the form of noisy colleagues (61 percent). Read more...
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| Young Driver |
15-year-old driver crashes, 1 dies in Tangipahoa
State police say a 10-year-old girl died after she was ejected from a car in a crash on La. Highway 1054 northeast of Independence in Tangipahoa Parish. Trooper Nick Manale says an unlicensed 15-year-old girl was driving... Read more
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| Helping Hand |
How to help tornado victims
The tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma, as well the twisters as Kansas and Texas, have killed dozens and left thousands homeless. Click here for a full list of how to help the victims...
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| Medicaid Battle |
Proposals would limit cuts in Medicaid program
Proposals making it more difficult to cut the rates paid to hospitals and nursing homes for taking care of Medicaid patients are nearing final passage. Support from lawmakers comes despite concerns....Read more.
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| Tax Holiday |
Tax holiday to stock up on hurricane items
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. Read more...
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| Records Order |
Judge orders Northshore coroner to hand over records
A judge in Baton Rouge has ordered St. Tammany Parish Coroner Dr. Peter Galvan to turn over documents. The court says the coroner must give thousands of pages to the legislative auditor. Galvan has refused to comply with earlier demands for records from St. Tammany Parish officials.... Read more
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