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Notes from the Legislature's regular session
BATON ROUGE -- A Senate judiciary committee green-lighted a bill Tuesday that would circumvent any possible federal gun regulations by creating a made-in-Louisiana brand of firearms and ammunitions. Comment?
Louisiana House members pass bills regulating salt mines
BATON ROUGE -- Two measures aimed at regulating the operations of salt domes were approved unanimously by the Louisiana House, in response to a 13-acre sinkhole in Assumption Parish. Comment?
Port Allen event demonstrates hearth methods
Hearth cooking instructor Gayle B. Smith scooped up a shovelful of hot, glowing red coals from the fireplace and told her cooking class audience, "This is your burner." Smith, along with West Baton Rouge Museum employees Linda Collins and Tracy Flickinger, were demonstrating what Southerners would have cooked during the U.S. Civil War of ... (more) Comment?
Notes from the Legislature's regular session
BATON ROUGE -- A network supervised by the state education board would oversee and assign letter grades to all publicly-funded early childhood education programs for children birth to five years old, under a bill approved Thursday by the Senate Education Committee. Comment?
Grambling set to open spring practice
Closure for Grambling State football coach Doug Williams comes Thursday afternoon on the practice fields near Robinson Stadium. Comment?
Heroes: photographic exhibit in Port Allen
PORT ALLEN -- Photographer Steve Schapiro remembers crawling among other photographers' legs to get a shot of Jacqueline Kennedy as she and the president waited for the Shah of Iran at Washington National Airport in April 1962. Comment?
Jury convicts tax preparer of fraud
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A federal jury has convicted a tax preparer accused of filing false claims using the names of identity theft victims. Comment?
UPDATED: Grambling announces 7 signees
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GRAMBLING -- The Grambling State Tigers have announced the signings of seven football players. Comment?
New, old appointees to regents, Southern University board
BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Bobby Jindal has made appointments to two of the state's higher education boards; the Board of Regents and the Southern University Board of Supervisors. Comment?