Louisiana’s Congressional delegation plans to fight a proposal by President Barack Obama to scrap an offshore revenue sharing plan that would provide the state with millions of dollars for coastal restoration…..
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Governor Jindal released a statement today urging all parents to have their children vaccinated. A debate is underway nationally over whether its safe to have your child vaccinated against diseases. In Jindal’s statement, he says sciences supports them and he wouldn’t send his kids to a school that didn’t require vaccinations.

The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a first-grade teacher for allegedly striking a student . Witnesses told authorities that 31-year-old Chanel Lemelle of Bains Lower Elementary in St. Francisville, berated, kicked, and slapped a student. Sheriff’s spokesperson Erin Foster says they met with school board officials about these accusations…:
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Lemelle is charged with cruelty to juveniles.

We are seeing some chilly temperatures in Louisiana and that could have an effect on the crawfish crop leading up to Mardi Gras? LSU Aquaculture Specialist Dr. Greg Lutz…
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He says that could result in a low supply of crawfish this weekend or at least an increased price.