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  • Les Miles' $549K pay raise up for LSU board vote

    February 1, 2013 11:08 AM

    BATON ROUGE - LSU's governing board is considering a $549,000 annual pay raise for football coach Les Miles. If approved Friday by the Board of Supervisors, the change will bump Miles' salary to $4.3 million a year and extend his contract through the 2019 season. Miles and Athletics Director Joe... more »
  • Donelon won't approve $50K raise for Citizens CEO

    November 9, 2012 6:45 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has rejected a $50,000 pay raise for the top executive of Louisiana's state-run property insurance company. Donelon said Friday that he won't sign off on the raise for Richard Robertson, CEO of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The salary hike would have... more »
  • Kennedy opposes $50,000 pay raise for Citizens CEO

    November 9, 2012 11:44 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Treasurer John Kennedy is urging rejection of a proposed $50,000 pay raise for the top executive of Louisiana's state-run property insurance company. Kennedy said Friday that he's hoping Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon will refuse to sign off on the raise for Richard Robertson, CEO of the Louisiana... more »
  • Donaldsonville approves employee raises

    September 28, 2012 10:10 AM

    DONALDSONVILLE - The Donaldsonville City Council has approved a plan that would give municipal employees a pay raise for the first time in five years. However, councilmen altered a proposed plan by the city administration to do so, choosing a merit-based system rather than an across-the-board increase. Finance... more »
  • New tax allows teachers to resume receiving raises

    September 12, 2012 7:41 AM

    ST. FRANCISVILLE - A half-cent sales tax voters approved in April will allow West Feliciana Parish school employees this year to regain their annual step raises for the first time in two years. Although the general fund budget for 2012-13 the school board does not include a cost-of-living raise,... more »
  • 2 accidents raise US storm, blackout toll to 26

    July 4, 2012 4:27 PM

    BLUEMONT, Va. - The death toll blamed on storms and the ensuing blackout across the eastern U.S. is now at 26 after two accidents in Virginia. The sheriff's office in Loudoun County, on the Maryland border, said Wednesday a utility worker from Florida crashed after her truck had brake problems.... more »
  • Bill to raise college tuition, fees stalls Play Video

    May 15, 2012 5:40 PM

    BATON ROUGE- A state lawmaker pulled a bill raising student fees before a committee could vote on it. The fees would have raised $107 million dollars. State Representative Chris Broadwater, R-Hammond, says the money would offset about $225 million in recent budget cuts. Some lawmakers say it... more »
  • Tensions with Iran raise US safety concerns

    February 17, 2012 6:47 AM

    WASHINGTON - The government says it's concerned that Iran will consider a terror attack on American soil, but it has no specific or credible threat about such a plan. Police from Los Angeles to New York City say they are anxious about the risks, even as a senior U.S. intelligence... more »
  • Bogalusa's public graveyards may get more pricey

    January 2, 2012 2:20 PM

    BOGALUSA - Some Bogalusa residents are upset by at a proposal to raise the price of plots at the two city-owned cemeteries. They now cost $100 at Bogalusa Cemetery and $150 at Ponemah Cemetery. City officials want to raise the price to $700. The Daily News reports that the City... more »
  • FEMA gives $11M to raise homes in Jefferson Parish

    September 10, 2011 9:47 AM

    NEW ORLEANS- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded more than $11 million to pay for the elevation of 77 homes in Jefferson Parish. FEMA says the homes to be raised are in areas that repeatedly flood. The money comes from FEMA's Severe Repetitive Loss program. The homes... more »
  • West Baton Rouge employees get raise

    June 24, 2011 3:23 PM

    PORT ALLEN - Many West Baton Rouge Parish employees will see a 5 percent cost of living increase in the next fiscal year, after the Parish Council voted unanimously to approve the measure. Parish Finance Director Philip Bourgoyne said Thursday employees affected include classified full-time and part-time employees, including... more »
  • Game on for high school sports following referee strike

    February 2, 2011 8:44 PM

    BATON ROUGE - High school athletics in Louisiana will return to courts and fields across the state after a compromise among sports leaders. Officiators across the state held a strike Tuesday night, forcing dozens of basketball games to be postponed. The boycott was in response to a pay raise... more »
  • Officials boycott high school games

    February 1, 2011 5:50 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Labor disputes have become a common problem in professional sports, but now many areas of Louisiana are dealing with one involving high school basketball. High school referees want to be paid more than the $30 to $40 a game they make now, and associations in Hammond,... more »
  • Prison officials want to raise probation fees

    November 5, 2010 8:20 AM

    BATON ROUGE - State prison officials want to raise probation and parole fees by $10 to soften the blow of budget cuts. Department of Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc told lawmakers Thursday that the increase would generate $3 million the agency sorely needs. Last year, the state's Division of Probation and... more »
  • East Feliciana official receives $16K pay raise

    November 2, 2010 6:15 AM

    CLINTON - The director of Homeland Security and Office of Emergency Management in East Feliciana Parish is getting a $16,000 salary increase after the police jury approved the raise. The increase brings Henry Weigand's salary of $30,000 to the state average of $45,860 for parish Homeland Security directors. The salary... more »
  • EPA OK's raising level of ethanol in gasoline

    October 14, 2010 6:56 PM

    The Environmental Protection Agency OK’d raising the level of ethanol in gasoline to 15 percent. However, the corn-based fuel could have adverse effects on some cars. News 2’s Kristy Davis got answers on what to watch for at the pump. more »
  • Pastorek won't take $22,000 pay raise

    September 15, 2010 3:59 PM

    Louisiana's top education leader won't take his pay raise this year because of the state's budget troubles. Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek will keep his $377,000 pay package, without adding the 6 percent boost he could have gotten. The raise would have given him another $22,000 annually. Members of the... more »
  • Livingston seeks fee increase for new courthouse

    September 15, 2010 6:10 AM

    Livingston Parish officials say they will seek legislative approval to raise court fees to build a new courthouse. The officials have complained for more than a decade about a lack of security, need for more space and general deteriorating condition of the current courthouse, built in 1941. Until now, they... more »
  • Corps experiments with steeper sloped levee

    August 13, 2010 5:18 AM

    A new technique could help save residents' land in Plaquemines Parish in the Army Corps of Engineers plans to raise a part of the Mississippi River levee. The corps says it will use stabilized soil to build a steeper slope on 1,000 feet of river levee near Belle Chasse and... more »
  • Bossier City proposes raising sewer rates

    June 9, 2010 7:14 AM

    Bossier City Council plans to raise city sewer rates by $8 per month, regardless of usage, and issue up to $82 million in sewer-related bonds. The fee would be $12 per month for a few subdivisions outside the city limits but to whom the city still supplies sewer. The city... more »
  • Lawmakers get pay raise amidst budget cuts

    April 22, 2010 10:16 PM

    State legislators are making $14 more a day because Congress is making more. A bill passed years ago established the automatic per diem raise. And despite tough economic times, lawmakers still got the increase this year, totaling $3 million dollars. Representatives for the state's civil service workers say the... more »
  • State workers plan to fight pay raise freeze

    March 17, 2010 5:08 PM

    State workers say they will fight a Louisiana Civil Service Commission proposal to freeze merit raises for one year. The move would prohibit classified employees from getting a raise starting July 1. Gov. Bobby Jindal rejected two other proposals allowing agencies and departments a greater range of pay raise... more »
  • Civil Service panel meets on pay plan

    December 7, 2009 6:43 AM

    The state Civil Service Commission meets Tuesday to discuss a proposal that affects the future pay of about 61,000 rank-and-file Louisiana government employees. The seven-member commission could vote as early as Wednesday on its staff's recommendation to end the 4 percent annual pay raise received by nearly all classified state... more »

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