DOTD has created visual displays of trash they’ve collected from roadways across the state as a reminder to Keep Louisiana beautiful. Spokesperson Rodney Mallet says the trash sculptures that spell out D-O-T-D are a reminder to the public that department spend $9-million annually to pick up trash and that money could be spent on other things like…
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Metairie Republican Eric Skrmetta has been re-elected to a third and final six-year term on the Public Service Commission, which regulates utility companies. Skrmetta says his goal is to keep utility rates in Louisiana among the lowest in the nation…
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Skrmetta defeated Democrat Allen Borne, a lawyer from New Orleans, in Saturday’s run-off election.
76 percent of voters chose to reject Constitutional Amendment One Saturday, which if passed would have allowed people living out of state to serve on state college and university supervisory boards. LaPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says on average voters are faced with seven constitutional amendments per ballot, and while this result may indicate some amendment fatigue from the public…
Matt Viator is officially out as ULM’s football coach. ULM has the lowest athletic budget among F-B-S schools and the football program has had only one winning season since becoming an F-B-S school in 1994. KNOE-TV sports director Aaron Dietrich says it’s been difficult for coaches to build a winner at ULM…