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Lafourche Gazette
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Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies have located the body of a missing 53-year-old Raceland man.
Wayne Folse of 3138 Highway 308 was last seen around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday when he reportedly left his place of business.
...click here for more on this storyA Raceland woman died over the weekend from injuries she sustained in a crash on the evening of April 27, when the vehicle she was riding in struck another vehicle head-on.
The investigation revealed that a 2004 Jeep Laredo was traveling south on LA 1 in Galliano shortly before 10 PM. The Laredo was being driven by Brandon Cheramie, age 31, of Galliano.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana House overwhelmingly refused Tuesday to provide government-subsidized health insurance to thousands of people with the Medicaid dollars available under the federal Affordable Care Act, in a vote that appears to shelve the issue for the legislative session.
Only 37 lawmakers out of the 105-member chamber supported the Medicaid expansion proposal, while 59 lawmakers voted against it. A day earlier, the Senate budget committee jettisoned a similar bill.
...click here for more on this storyBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Motorists in Louisiana will have to add tweets and Facebook updates to the list of activities banned while driving, along with texting.
A bill prohibiting posting to social media sites while driving gained final approval with a 34-1 Senate vote Tuesday. It now heads to Gov. Bobby Jindal's desk.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Attempts to raise tuition at Louisiana's public colleges appear dead for the session, despite concerns about repeated rounds of budget cuts to schools.
Rep. Walt Leger, the number two ranking member of the House, said Wednesday that he's shelving his proposal to let the campuses raise tuition according to a plan devised by the Board of Regents. He said he doesn't have the two-thirds support of lawmakers required to pass the bill.
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