Seafood board oversight shifted to lieutenant governor
Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne is asking the Louisiana seafood promotion board to draw up a strategic plan and says he'll seek an audit of its finances as he assumes oversight of its operations. Lawmakers shifted the new responsibility to the lieutenant...
DATE: June 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
La. among 13 states where police not using facial-recognition system
The faces of more than 120 million people are in searchable photo databases that officials in dozens of states have assembled to prevent driver's-license fraud but that increasingly are used by police to identify suspects, accomplices and even...
DATE: June 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Louisianans may need passport for all flights
The Louisiana Legislature may have given the state's residents the right to have "I'm a Cajun" placed on their driver's license during the recently ended session, but they also allowed a transportation bill to die on the Senate floor with the result...
DATE: June 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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DATE: June 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Events
News roundup: Southern gives first 'Cradle to College Scholarships' to B.R. 5-year-olds … Jindal signs 'I'm a Cajun' driver's license bill … Women fill nearly half of new oil industry jobs in first quarter
Jaguar cubs: Southern University officials recently presented the school's first "Cradle to College Scholarships" to 5-year-old students at the Ministry of Love Learning Academy in Baton Rouge. The roughly one dozen recipients were...
DATE: May 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Do you understand car insurance?
So many of us avoid things we don't understand, don't have time for, or don't want to worry about. When it comes to insurance, many of us buy a cheap policy, pay our premiums on time, and forget the rest. The downside to this mindset can't be...
DATE: May 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: LaNEXT
Moving up
Michael Johnson has joined Chenevert Architects as a project manager, and Scott Vicknair has joined the firm as a specification writer and construction administrator. Johnson is a LEED-accredited professional and a licensed architect with 8 years of...
DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Review: Star Trek into Darkness
Four years after reviving a franchise on life support with a brand new cast and creative license to scribble all over a fleet of nerds' preciously worshipped "canon," director J.J. Abrams and crew have returned with Star Trek into Darkness.
DATE: May 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: The Movie Filter
New health insurance co-op gets state license
Louisiana Health Cooperative, a new nonprofit health insurer, has been licensed by the state's Department of Insurance. LAHC, based in Metairie, was selected in September by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to create and operate a...
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Hot and spicy
A camera captured the proud moment two decades ago: Then-Commissioner of Agriculture Bob Odom and a handful of executives from Louisiana's most prominent food manufacturing firms joined forces to launch the “Certified Cajun” logo in...
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
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