Requiring Louisiana TOPS Opportunity and TOPS Performance recipients to repay their scholarship if they drop or flunk out of college without a good reason, passes out of the House Education Committee on a six to five vote. Laplace Representative Sylvia Taylor asked the bill’s author, Dennis Bamberg, if L-A Gator Scholarship recipients should also be subject to repaying the state…
State Police is looking for a driver who struck and killed a bicyclist in St. Tammany Parish. The crash claimed the life of 24-year-old Rodrigo Ornelas Junior of Folsom. Trooper Marc Gremillion says the incident occurred at around 12:30 AM on Sunday on Louisiana Highway 40 in Folsom….
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Ornelas Junior was not wearing a helmet but was dressed in light-colored clothing. He died at a local hospital.
Tax Day has arrived and Colleen Crain has tips from a tax professional…
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Today is the last day to register to vote or make changes to an existing registration in person or by mail ahead of the May 16 closed party primary. Secretary of State Nancy Landry says that means if you want to vote in the Senate Republican Primary or a Congressional GOP primary, you must be registered as a Republican or “No Party”…