A judge has ruled the Vermilion Parish School Board broke the state’s open meeting law when they threw out a teacher who spoke against a 30-thousand dollar raise for Superintendent Jerome Puyua (PEE-oh) during a January board meeting. The dustup drew national media attention and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry says he’s begun an education campaign to help government bodies follow the rules when it comes to public comment…
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The judge also threw out Superintendent Puyau’s 30-thousand raise.

A 105-year prison sentence has been handed down against 56-year-old Douglas Holley, who was convicted of a crime in which detonated a homemade bomb in an effort to kill a veterinarian and his wife. The bomb did not hurt Bobby Hewlett and their wife of Bossier Parish. Holley worked as a horse farm handyman and prospectors say he was upset they couldn’t save his horse from dying.

The Republican Study Committee for the 116th Congress has a new chairman and he’s from Louisiana. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The Saints are making their case as the best team in the NFL, winning nine in a row. Running back Mark Ingram says they are rolling
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