Rock and Roll and Louisiana Music Hall of fame musician Percy Sledge died this morning at his home in Baton Rouge. He was 73…:
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Louisianians who depend on state health for health care services are urging lawmakers not o cut services that Governor Bobby Jindal has on the chopping block to cut for next year’s budget. Some parents of disabled children made their case to the House Appropriations Committee for budget changes.

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Out of some 775 bills introduced to the House yesterday, Louisiana’s Religious Freedom Bill was the only one not assigned to a committe for a hearing. Governor Bobby jindal has gone on record in supporting the measure, saying he has his reasons…
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La-Politics-dot-com Publisher Jeremy Alford says lawmakers in Louisiana are not eager to debate the issue.

There is a lot of rain hitting the state right now…
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That’s Donald Jones with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, who says the culprit are two slow moving storms moving through.