The Jindal administration releases its plan to solve a 487-million dollar budget deficit and it does NOT call for cuts to higher education or state worker layoffs. Council for a Better Louisiana president Barry Erwin Erwin is glad to see Louisiana’s public colleges and universities spared…

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The plan calls for 150-million dollars in cuts to state agencies, dipping into the state’s “rainy day” fund, and using revenues from lawsuit settlements.

The Lafayette community is thrilled the Grand Theater in will reopen tonight for the first time since the tragic July 23rd shootings. Lafayette Mayor-President Joey Durel says he’s happy for the occasion and for theater owner, George Solomon…

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11 people were shot in the incident and Jillian Johnson and Mayci Breaux lost their lives.

Now that his presidential campaign is over, what’s next for Governor Bobby Jindal? Jindal says he’s already cast his ballot for governor, but says he does not want to get involved in Saturday’s election…

cut 9 (09) “I’m optimistic”

Jindal still has a little over seven weeks left in his final term as Louisiana’s governor.

The former president of Northwestern State University Dr. Randall Webb has passed away at the age of 72. State Senator Gerald Long of Natchitoches knew Webb for almost 50 years and says he had a great love for the school and for life itself…

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Webb was the longest serving president in the history of the University, serving for 18 years, from 1996 to 2014.