Governor John Bel Edwards believes the state’s response to Hurricane Barry went well, but can always find ways to be faster and more efficient…
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Edwards says not a single levee was breached by Barry’s storm surge and rainfall, but a comprehensive inspection of the levees begins today.

The state is preparing to replace two aging youth lockups, the Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe and Bridge City Center for Youth near New Orleans, with new Therapeutic Buildings. Deputy Secretary for the Office of Juvenile Justice Doctor James Bueche says the new facilities will be smaller, safer and more efficient…
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The state will borrow 60-million dollars to construct the new lockups.

One in five adults in the state, just over 650,000, started college but never got a degree. But a new program from the University of Louisiana system aims to get those individuals degrees…
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An East Feliciana Parish man has been arrested for the second time in four months for his role in a fatal wreck. State Police say 60-year-old Salvatore Euggino of Ethel struck and killed a pedestrian in West Feliciana Parish yesterday afternoon. Last March, Euggino was charged with negligent homicide for a two-vehicle wreck that killed the other driver.