BATON ROUGE- Teachers at Baton Rouge Community College got a rude awakening today, when the school's administration informed them they'd been overpaid and would have pay back the error.
Nearly 100 teachers were included in the accounting mistake, which average about $5,000 in over payments over half the year.... more »
As part of a major restructuring effort at Centenary College, President B. David Rowe will recommend to the Board of Trustees that half of the college's 44 majors be phased out over the next few years. Accounting, elementary and secondary education and music performance are among the affected majors that... more »
State Treasurer John Kennedy is raising questions about a computer accounting system being installed for many state departments.
Kennedy says the system will cost between $100 and $200 million dollars and there's no clear benefit for taxpayers.
Kennedy says now is not the time to pay for the... more »
BELMAR, NEW JERSEY- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says keep the politics out of getting aid to people in Oklahoma trying to recover from a... more »
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA- A tiger in Florida couldn't hack-up a basketball-sized hairball and it took veterinary surgeons to remove it. Ty the 17-year-old tiger underwent the... more »
BATON ROUGE - A tea party-backed attempt to keep Louisiana from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing will be considered... more »
LABADIEVILLE- A possible threat to students at Labadieville Middle is causing concern for at least one parent of a student at the school.
The... more »