An LSU poll finds that just 42-percent of state residents have a favorable opinion about the Affordable Care Act, but that’s up 11-percent from the last time they asked residents about the A-C-A. Michael Henderson, with the LSU Public Policy Research Lab, suspects people are more educated about the A-C-A…
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An Easter Egg hunt in Thibodaux turned violent when 25-year-old Florence Robinson showed up with a shovel handle and started using it against her ex-boyfriend’s vehicle. Corporal David Melancon says 33-year-old Junius Boyd got a hold of the weapon and started hitting Robinson. Melancon says both people are facing charges, but it’s even worse for Boyd…
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There’s a split opinion in the business community over whether the state should increase the state’s gasoline tax to pay for better roads. A coalition of business groups are supporting it, but Dawn Starns, state director of the National Federation of Independent business, says a majority of small businesses oppose a gas tax hike. Starns says those who support it are engineers and architechs who would see a boom in their business with this hike…
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Several buildings and vehicles were hit by a small caliber bullets in Washington Parish early this morning. Chief Deputy Mike Haley says at least 13 houses and nine vehicles have bullet holes in them. He says it’s not known who is responsible or why they were doing it…
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He says at this time they believe the shots were fired from a pickup truck.