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  • Senate rejects move to stop Common Core standards

    May 23, 2013 2:07 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Senate has killed a resolution that sought to keep the state from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing, called Common Core standards. The action Thursday came a day after the Senate Education Committee advanced the proposal without taking action. Senators... more »
  • LSU rebuffs public records request from newspaper

    February 14, 2013 8:54 AM

    BATON ROUGE - LSU will continue to keep secret the names and qualifications of candidates in the running to become the university's next president after rejecting a public records request from The Advocate. The Advocate formally requested access last week to the applications, background materials and other information related to... more »
  • Senate rejects Democrats' business tax cut bill

    July 12, 2012 2:22 PM

    WASHINGTON - The Senate has rejected a Democratic bill providing tax breaks to companies that enlarge their payrolls or make major purchases or plant improvements. The vote was 53-44, seven short of the 60 votes required to overcome GOP procedural hurdles. The roll call came after senators voted 73-24 against... more »
  • Senators reject drug testing of welfare recipients

    May 30, 2012 4:36 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Louisiana won't require a random sample of welfare recipients to submit to drug tests, after a Senate committee refused to support the idea. The proposal by Republican Rep. Sherman Mack, of Livingston, has been criticized as being the equivalent of class warfare. A Senate judiciary committee voted... more »
  • Senate rejects GOP, Dem plans on student loans

    May 24, 2012 3:36 PM

    WASHINGTON - The Senate has rejected Democratic and Republican plans for averting a doubling of interest rates on federal college loans for 7.4 million students. The election-season standoff means efforts to resolve the dispute will be delayed until next month. Beginning July 1, interest rates for subsidized Stafford loans for... more »
  • Senate Democrats reject House GOP budget plan

    May 16, 2012 3:43 PM

    WASHINGTON - Democrats controlling the Senate have rejected for the second consecutive year a budget plan passed by House Republicans. The vote came after a daylong debate Wednesday in which Democrats blasted Republicans for refusing to consider tax increases as part of a solution to trillion-dollar deficits. Republicans in turn... more »
  • Senators reject bill removing smoker protection

    April 26, 2012 3:01 PM

    BATON ROUGE- A bid to repeal a law that bans employers from discriminating against smokers has failed to win traction in the Legislature. The repeal, sought by hospitals and health care leaders, was narrowly rejected in a 3-2 vote by the Senate labor committee amid concerns it could lead to... more »
  • House committee rejects robocall bill Play Video

    April 3, 2012 11:39 AM

    BATON ROUGE - A House committee rejected a bill that would have forced political "robocalls" to follow the same rules as telemarketers. The House Commerce Committee voted 11-6 to reject the bill because of possible state lawsuits over the change. The bill sought to remove exemptions from automated... more »
  • Official: Dems reject latest GOP deficit offer

    November 18, 2011 2:36 PM

    WASHINGTON - A congressional official says Democrats on the deficit-cutting supercommittee have rejected a last-ditch offer from the Republicans that would curb deficits by $545 billion over the next decade. The latest development raised serious doubts about the 12-member bipartisan panel reaching an agreement by Wednesday's deadline. Democrats... more »
  • DEQ rejects company's plan to fix the stink in Port Allen

    July 26, 2011 5:35 PM

    PORT ALLEN- The Department of Environmental Quality denied a plan to eliminate a foul odor coming from a storage tank in Port Allen. The plan was submitted today, about a week after people complained about a cloud of stinky vapor coming from a tank at the Center Point Terminal.... more »
  • Man gets 90 years for $60 robbery

    October 26, 2010 4:23 AM

    A man who rejected a 25-year plea bargain has been sentenced to 90 years in prison for robbing a 77-year-old woman in the garage of her Metairie home. Luhron Gorman was convicted of armed robbery by a jury in Gretna earlier this month. He also was found guilty of being... more »

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