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Jindal adviser LSU privatization deals on track
hospitals BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget architect says the state will have enough money to cover the costs of privatizing all but one of the 10 LSU-run hospitals. Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols says all deals will be completed next month. Nichols was addressing questions raised by the Legislature's financial analysts about whether next year's ...
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Grand jury selected to review Medicaid contract
Contract BATON ROUGE- The Louisiana attorney general's office says a special grand jury has been selected to look into possible criminal activity involving the award of a $200 million Medicaid contract by Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration. It's part of an ongoing investigation into the award of the now-canceled contract for Client Network Services Inc., or CNSI. The issue ...
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End-of-the-year celebration goes up in smoke at Lafayette elementary no injuries
LAFAYETTE, LA (NBC33) - An end-of-the-year celebration at an elementary school in Lafayette ended in flames this afternoon. The good news is that no one was hurt. The fire broke out at roughly 3:00 p.m. at Prairie Elementary. The school had various small carnival rides set up for the children. After the festivities ended, one of the rides went up in flames. "We were at the carnival all ...
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NOAA predicts extremely active season 3 to 6 major hurricanes
NATIONAL NEWS (NOAA) - In its 2013 Atlantic hurricane season outlook issued today, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting an active or extremely active Atlantic hurricane season this year. For the six-month hurricane season, which begins June 1, NOAA's Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook says there is a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or ...
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Golden Gate Petroleum to production test Louisiana oil well
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Golden Gate Petroleum (ASX: GGP) will soon participate in production testing of the Hensarling-1 well in the Napoleonville Project, Louisiana. A workover rig is scheduled to arrive today to run the completion operation and commence production testing from the Cris R III sands, which has 49 feet of net oil pay.Another 31 feet of net pay was intersected in ...
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Swordfish
The four college-age guys who sat in front of me in the theater watching Swordfish loved it--or at least certain parts of it. I could tell which parts they loved most because they would rock back and forth in their chairs, pumping their fists, barely suppressing a yelp of exultation. ...
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Mathieu signs with the Cardinals
Phoenix, AZ (WAFB) - The Arizona Cardinals announced Thursday that the team had reached a four year deal with Tyrann Mathieu. The team did not disclose the financial terms of Mathieu's ...
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Special grand jury selected to look into Medicaid contract.
By MELINDA DESLATTE - BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana attorney general's office says a special grand jury has been selected to look into possible criminal activity involving the award of a $200 million Medicaid contract by Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration. Assistant Attorney General Butch Wilson told a judge that the grand jury was being empaneled Thursday as part of an ...
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Causeway closed in both directions after 3 car crash
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN CAUSEWAY (WAFB/WWL) - According to WWL-TV in New Orleans, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is closed in both directions after a three vehicle crash. Reports are that one vehicle has gone into the water. There is no word on injuries or what caused the crash. St. Tammany Fire Department is on the way to the ...
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Senate rejects move to stop Common Core standards
The Louisiana Senate has killed a resolution that sought to keep the state from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing, called Common Core ...
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2 booked in Rapides church break-in
ALEXANDRIA - A man and woman have been arrested in connection with the burglary and vandalism of a church in Rapides Parish. The Town Talk reports that Nathaniel Thomas Burns, 24, of Woodworth and Jessica Davis Dousay, 22, of Pineville were booked this week at the Rapides Parish jail. Both face charges of trespassing, criminal damage to property and simple burglary of a religious building. ...