The Commissioner of Higher Education Joe Rallo is concerned about the possible lack of funding for the TOPS program. Governor Edwards will present his budget proposal on Monday, which was delayed due to this week’s weather. Rallo says if TOPS doesn’t get funding, it could affect Louisiana’s job market…:
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Governor Edwards says he plans to present to budget scenarios to lawmakers, one with his spending ideas, and another which includes the cuts including to TOPS.

Roads were shuttered and pipes shattered as Louisiana suffered record lows this week. Many Louisianans woke up to the sound of running water and nasty surprises across their property. Pipes “R” Us owner Danny Griffin says there’s a good way to avoid the hassle going forward…:
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Vermilion Parish School Board President Anthony Fontana, who was surrounded by controversy after a teacher was arrested at a meeting, says he will resign. He said in a letter to a local paper that his final goal was to get the superintendent a contract, and that happened so he’s out. It was that contract the teacher, Deyshia Hargrave, was questioning.

Frank Selas, known as Mr. Wonder on a Monroe children’s television show in the 1970s, accepted a plea deal in Rapides Parish…:
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