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Five state agencies are under one roof and directed to work together in Many, the first city to get what the state calls a Neighborhood Place.

The National Weather Service is forecasting temperatures at 100 degrees for the next two days, causing drought-like conditions in the area to worsen and leading to a critical weather briefing at the LSU AgCenter.

What began as a collision course toward devastating cuts across many state agencies, the 2009 legislative session ended with some compromises, and what some lawmakers call a fiscally responsible budget.

House and Senate leaders remain split on how much money to put back into the 2009-10 budget and where to add it Thursday, June 25, 2009 A final decision on how deeply to cut public colleges and health services next year will come down to the waning hours of the legislative session.

Most people have their medical insurance through their employer which means that they did not have to examine the policy, choose the benefits or examine the payment structure.

Lawmakers enter the final week of Louisiana's legislative session much as they began in April, with major decisions pending on the depth of next year's budget cuts and on the type of tax breaks they will dole out to businesses.

Emotions were running high at the trial of a 36-year-old woman charged with drink driving and careless driving following a fatal collision with a motorcyclist in April last year.

Hartley Powell's job is to assist major companies in site selection. In reality, the KPMG consultant admits, his job is site elimination.

The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Gov_ernment recently released a new report aimed at more efficiently positioning the federal government relative to its role in responding to and assisting impacted areas recover from extraordinary disasters.

The Senate on Thursday gave final legislative approval to a bill that would give some teacher and state employee retirees living at the poverty level a boost in their pension checks.

At age 12, she was making and selling her own line of jewelry. At Episcopal High, Claire Sanchez was always the kid coming up with the homecoming decorations and designing T-shirts. At 28, she's designing bright clutches and totes sold in boutiques in 17 states and online.

The price tag for protecting the state's coastal communities from hurricane-strength storm surges could range from $59 billion to $139 billion, according to new estimates released by the Army Corps of Engineers this week.

Last night three young men from Many, LA were killed and another one was injured when their vehicle crashed in Sabine Parish.

Despite five major hurricanes last year across the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, many residents have made no preparations for the six-month storm season that started June 1, poll results show.

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RUSTON -- A former Louisiana Tech University teacher and lecturer faces numerous charges of sex crimes involving juveniles.

State police say three Many residents are dead and another is in a hospital with moderate injuries as a result of a traffic accident near Many.

On a spring night at the historic Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, a standing room only audience watched performances by some of the best of the best in local theater.

Billed by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin as the "mother of all storms," Hurricane Gustav cut a swath of damage across the Louisiana coast last summer but did relatively little harm in the city where Katrina is the benchmark.