As Mardi Gras season ramps up, crawfish prices are going down and expected to keep falling. Sean Richardson has more.
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The governor’s proposed budget for next fiscal year does not contain the two-thousand-dollar teacher stipend educators received a couple of years ago. Public Affairs Research Council President Steven Procopio says funding will become available to make that pay increase permanent if voters approve Constitutional Amendment two on March 29th
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New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick says the city is becoming safer.
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During a news conference at police headquarters, Kirkpatrick said all forms of crime are down, including violent crime.
A Bayou Blue man is accused of sex crimes, including first-degree rape, against several girls. Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Captain Brennan Matherne says they started investigating a single complaint by the Department of Children and Family Services against 60-year-old Herman Dupre (DOO-pree), and they found several additional victims.