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Driver Arrested for Vehicular Homicide in Fatal Crash
KPLC - News
Jan 15Lafayette Parish- Today, Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a two vehicle crash on US 167 at Bourque Road. The crash claimed the life of a New Iberia man. »
Ex-bank worker pleads guilty to embezzling $387K
KNOE Local News
Jan 14A New Iberia woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling nearly $400,000 from a bank where she worked as a customer service representative. »
Cops seize synthetic pot from New Iberia business
KNOE Local News
Jan 05Narcotics agents have seized over $650,000 worth of synthetic cannabis, after an undercover agents discovered that the synthetic marijuana was allegedly being sold out of New Iberia business. »
Iberia school board asks state to pick up bills
Ksla - La Headlines
Jan 05The Iberia Parish School Board has unanimously approved a resolution asking the Legislature to resume paying bills that it had left for the board to pay. »
Old Jeanerette police station to get a facelift
KNOE Local News
Dec 31A mayor was shot and killed there by a city marshal. It even withstood Hurricane Andrew. »
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Looks Like Most Of Louisiana’s House Committee Chairs Are Set
The Hayride
Jan 04Jeremy Alford at The Political Desk has the scoop on the doings at the Louisiana House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee, which will once again be chaired by Democrat fiscal hawk Jim Fannin of Natchitoches… Members of the incoming House of R... »
Big Mysteries Await New Year
The Hayride
Jan 01Who will be our next president? And just how powerful will Gov. Bobby Jindal be in 2012? We will have our answers to those questions a year from now. Meanwhile, the interim promises to be filled with national campaigning on a grand scale and unpreceden... »
Fewer Female Legislators to Have Advantage
The Hayride
Dec 15The well-reported decline in female legislators could give a strong advantage to those who remain when it comes to committee assignments. For all their talk of inclusion, Jindal and his leadership can hardly turn the chairmanships into a boys’ club. So... »
Time to Melt the Phones in Louisiana
And So It Goes In Shreveport
Oct 28Via The Dead Pelican, the Louisiana Republican Party then, and now:Many seem to be taking Jindal's recommendation of John Alario for State Senate President. What's changed? Besides the letter after Alario's name?The Hayride is asking for statewide out... »