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Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne will present a proposed budget to the Legislature this Friday.

State’s dependence on federal aid leaves budget picture unclear

Thu, 02/25/2021 - 11:04am

Sydney McGovern,
Brittney Forbes and
Cortney Brown
LSU Manship School
News Service
 
BATON ROUGE — With an estimated $2 billion provided to Louisiana from a federal coronavirus aid bill passed in December and the likelihood of another federal stimulus package, state legislators are hopeful they can balance the budget for fiscal 2022 with no more than modest cuts.

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211 Assistance available to help with self-reporting damage survey following winter weather event

Thu, 02/25/2021 - 10:55am

BATON ROUGE – The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness continues to request information from anyone who received damage due to the winter weather event last week. It is important to all of the agencies responsible for recovery to gather this information as quickly as possible.
The self-reporting survey, which can be found at damage.la.gov, will help local and state emergency managers collect data to move forward with the recovery process.

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Here is an early rendering drawing of what the new Williams Scholar Academy may look like. An architectural firm in Baton Rouge drew the new cultural center, school, gym and cafeteria/conference center on the four acres that the old Herod High School once occupied.

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Tiffany Williams-Spraggins

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Dozens attended Monday’s meeting at the Rec Center in Abbeville.

Historical school happening:

Thu, 02/25/2021 - 9:36am

Close to 75 people attended the first of many public meetings to talk about the first-ever charter school in Vermilion Parish.
Representatives from Williams Scholar Academy (WSA) were on hand to answer citizens’ questions about the school.
Until a new school is built, Williams Scholar Academy will have modular buildings on the old Lighthouse School campus in Abbeville. The school is expected to open its doors this August.

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Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard

CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF INDICTED

Wed, 02/24/2021 - 2:19pm

CROWLEY — An Acadia Parish Grand Jury on Wednesday returned true bills charging Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard with malfeasance in office, obstruction of justice and attempted first-degree injuring of public records.
After hearing testimony Tuesday morning, the grand jury indicted Chief Broussard on three counts of malfeasance in office, two counts of obstruction of justice and a single count of first-degree injuring public records.

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