Republican lawmakers are pushing against President Obama’s tax proposals which would increase taxes for the wealthiest Americans. Lafayette Congressman Charles Boustany serves on the House Ways and Means Committee. Boustany was hoping the President would be less combative on the issue…

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The President pitched the plan in his State of the Union Address last night.

Secretary of State Tom Schedler and Louisiana Public Broadcasting announce the launch of a site which contains videos of stories from throughout our state’s history. He says the Louisiana Digital Media Archive puts the history of Louisiana into visual film that anyone can enjoy online…

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Schedler says preserving our state’s unique history in a format the average person can explore has always been one of the critical missions of the State Archives. You can check it out at ladigitalmedia-dot-org.

The state is set to begin accepting bids from companies to submit proposals for how they would handle disposing of the 15 million pounds of M6 propellant at Camp Minden. Frances Kelly with Louisiana Progress Action (LPA) says they want the state to publicly post all bids submitted…

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The EPA recently delayed the open tray burn of the propellant for at least 90 days and said they would be open to alternative methods for disposing of the M6.