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• St. Helena schools to offer buyouts

  May 12, 2013 10:29 AM

  GREENSBURG, La. - The St. Helena Parish School Board has approved a plan to offer early retirement buyouts to some staff members. The Advocate reports certified employees would be offered $5,500 to take early retirement, and noncertified employees would be offered $3,000. School system officials say six certified and three... more »

• Teachers, staff return to school after drinking allegations

  April 23, 2013 11:27 AM

  SHREVEPORT - Three school days after six Northwood High School teachers and staff members were suspended amid allegations of drinking at a school-sponsored event, Caddo school officials say the employees will return to work. The Times reports the accusations surfaced last week after parents complained the female employees were drunk... more »

• Flags at La. buildings lowered to half-staff

  April 16, 2013 4:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal has ordered that state flags at government buildings in Louisiana be flown at half-staff until sunset Saturday. The executive order issued Tuesday is an expression of respect for victims of Monday's explosions at the Boston Marathon. Similar gestures are being made by local governments.... more »

• Louisiana Tech adds Petersen to staff

  January 16, 2013 4:18 PM

  RUSTON - Louisiana Tech has named Tony Petersen as the football team's new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Coach Skip Holtz said Wednesday that Petersen brings 20 years of experience at the NCAA Division I level and a background of wide open offenses to Tech's program. Petersen was the co-offensive... more »

• TB tests pending for people at LHS, Truman

  December 18, 2012 10:48 AM

  LAFAYETTE - About 200 students and faculty and staff members at Lafayette High School are awaiting the results of blood tests taken Monday that may indicate if they are positive for tuberculosis. Blood was drawn from those who had been identified as possibly having been exposed to an individual suspected... more »

• UN pulling out some staff from Syria

  December 3, 2012 2:14 PM

  BEIRUT - The United Nations says it is pulling out all non-essential international staff from Syria due to security issues in the civil war-struck Arab state. The U.N.'s regional humanitarian coordinator for Syria says up to a quarter of the 100 international staff working for several U.N. agencies could exit... more »

• Sheriff threatens to stop taking 911 calls Play Video

  October 24, 2012 5:44 PM

  CLINTON - East Feliciana Parish Sheriff Talmadge Bunch says his staff will no longer take 911 calls beginning Nov. 19, if a new financial deal with the parish cannot be worked out. The sheriff's office currently supplies half of the eight-person emergency communications staff. Sheriff's officials say currently payments... more »

• Jindal continues staff shake-up

  October 15, 2012 6:26 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal is switching up his top legal adviser. Jindal announced late Monday that Executive Counsel Liz Murrill is leaving the governor's office and going to the Division of Administration. No word was given for why Murrill was leaving. The governor's office did not immediately respond... more »

• Gov. Jindal announces changes to his office staff

  October 12, 2012 4:55 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The staff reshuffling continues in Gov. Bobby Jindal's office, after the exit of the governor's chief of staff shifted people to different jobs in the administration. Jindal announced Friday that Taylor Teepell will work as deputy chief of staff; Matt Parker will be legislative affairs director; and... more »

• Jindal shuffling top staff, chief of staff exits

  October 1, 2012 3:36 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal's chief of staff, Stephen Waguespack, is leaving the administration after nearly five years working for the governor. Waguespack, a lawyer, is taking a private sector job, according to the governor's office. His departure has caused a reshuffling of the Jindal administration's top jobs among... more »

• UNO's $12M budget cut includes 53 faculty, staff

  August 15, 2012 8:56 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The University of New Orleans is cutting $12 million from its budget through a combination of early retirements and the elimination of vacant positions to offset reductions by the state. UNO said Tuesday that about 25 faculty members and 28 staff members will be offered "incentivized... more »

• Times-Picayune cutting half of news staff

  June 12, 2012 12:26 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - The Times-Picayune is laying off 200 employees as one of the nation's oldest daily newspapers prepares to print just three days a week. The layoffs amount to about half of the newsroom's 169 employees. Advertising, circulation and other departments also were affected at the 175-year-old newspaper. About... more »

• Lawmakers question VA's plans to hire more staff

  May 8, 2012 11:21 AM

  WASHINGTON- Federal lawmakers are casting doubts on the adequacy of the Department of Veterans Affairs' plans to hire 1,900 additional workers to improve access to mental health care. Rep. Jeff Miller, chairman of the House committee with jurisdiction over veterans' issues, said the VA's plans looked like a knee-jerk reaction... more »

• LA school in sex abuse case gets entire new staff

  February 9, 2012 7:11 AM

  LOS ANGELES - Students will be greeted by new teachers when they return to class at a Los Angeles elementary school rocked by the arrests of two longtime teachers on lewdness charges. Miramonte Elementary School will reopen Thursday, two days after the nation's second-largest school district closed the campus to... more »

• Gov. Brownback says Staff Overreacted to Teen's Tweet

  November 28, 2011 7:35 PM

  Kansas Governor Sam Brownback apologized to a 16-year-old for how his staff reacted and handled her disparaging tweet. Emma Sullivan wrote Brownback "sucked", among other insulting comments as she tweeted on a class trip last week. Brownback's office was monitoring social media and saw the tweets and contacted the Shawnee... more »

• Jindal hires relatives of former chief of staff

  November 28, 2011 2:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal has hired the brother and brother-in-law of his former chief of staff, Timmy Teepell. Jindal tapped Matt Parker to become his intergovernmental affairs director and Taylor Teepell to be his deputy legislative affairs director. Parker, from Virginia, is brother-in-law to Timmy Teepell.... more »

• Southern declares financial emergency

  October 28, 2011 5:35 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Board members voted unanimously today to declare a financial emergency at Southern University, which gives administrators the power to make broad cuts to the budget and faculty. The final count was 14-0 with two board members absent. The declaration lets administrators more easily fire tenured faculty... more »

• Jindal starts re-arranging staff for second term

  October 24, 2011 2:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. - Fresh off his landslide victory for a second term, Gov. Bobby Jindal is beginning to rework his staff and weighing his choices for legislative leadership jobs. Jindal announced Monday that his chief of staff and longtime political strategist, Timmy Teepell, won't return to the governor's... more »

• Governor Jindal orders flags at half-staff for 9/11 anniversary

  September 2, 2011 2:50 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Governor Bobby Jindal has issued an Executive Order calling for the flags at all state buildings to be flown at half-staff from September 5, 2011, until sunset September 11. The order comes as an expression of respect for Louisiana's fallen civilian and service members who lost... more »

• Capitol High parents, students at ease over transition

  July 20, 2011 10:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A charter school switch, that got a bunch of parents riled up, has been settled. Capitol High School is being handed back to the state. The group "100 Black Men" had been in charge. It took over from the East Baton Rouge School System because of poor... more »

• Baton Rouge aging council cuts staff

  July 10, 2011 10:50 AM

  BATON ROUGE- The East Baton Rouge Council on Aging has terminated 20 workers because of its financial situation, the agency's new executive director said. Tasha Clark Amar said the terminations were part of a reorganization to help the council deal with an expected $200,000 budget shortfall. More layoffs... more »

• Gov. Jindal orders flags flown at half-staff

  June 9, 2011 2:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Governor Bobby Jindal has issued an Executive Order calling for the flags at all state buildings to be flown at half-staff in honor of the Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Section Investigators, who tragically lost their lives in the line of duty. Kimberly McElveen Sledge and... more »

• EBR schools start reduction-in-force process

  March 17, 2011 9:44 PM

  Warning letters are headed out to East Baton Rouge School System staff about possible layoffs. The School Board approved the first step in the reduction-in-force process Thursday night. The district is making the move following concerns about budget cuts. more »

• Jindal chief of staff back after GOP campaign work

  November 8, 2010 2:28 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The elections are over, so Gov. Bobby Jindal has his chief of staff back. Timmy Teepell has returned to work at the governor's office after leaving his post for three months to work on Republican campaigns for governor in other states, with the Republican Governors Association. Jindal... more »

• Jindal orders flags at half staff

  September 7, 2010 1:53 PM

  Governor Bobby Jindal has ordered all state buildings to fly flags at half-staff this week, to remember the Louisiana soldiers who have died in wars fought since the September 11th terrorist attacks. The governor's office says 124 Louisiana soldiers have died because of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.... more »

• Grambling seeking to save $10 million

  August 12, 2010 7:39 AM

  Grambling State University is planning on furloughs and layoffs in an attempt to save $10 million over the next two years. Some full-time employees also will be asked to work only nine months of the year. The plan is the school's attempt to make up for budget cutbacks. Grambling also... more »

• Vermilion teachers lose 13th check

  July 16, 2010 7:24 AM

  Teachers and staff in Vermilion Parish will not get a 13th supplemental check. School district chief financial officer Phillip Sellers says the move was necessary to balance the budget in the wake of declining oil and gas and sales tax revenues over the last year. Sellers says the recommendation was... more »

• Acadia Parish approves school budget

  July 6, 2010 6:19 AM

  The Acadia Parish School Board has unanimously approved a $68.59 million general fund budget for 2010-11 that projects a $1.357 million shortfall. Business Director Mike Leonards said the district is facing increased expenses and less revenues. Leonards expects the district to be faced with $2 million in increased costs for... more »

• Hornets welcome three new coaches

  June 30, 2010 12:58 PM

  New Orleans Hornets head coach Monty Williams introduced three new coaches in his staff on Wednesday. He'll share the bench with Mike Malone, Bryan Gates, and James Borrego. Malone joins the Hornets after spending five years with the Cleveland Cavaliers, each of which the Cavs made the playoffs. ... more »

• Hundreds of school employees could lose jobs

  April 5, 2010 7:12 AM

  Hundreds of public-school employees in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes could lose their jobs as local school boards struggle to cope with falling tax revenue and spiraling costs. According to the Daily Comet, more than 150 Terrebonne school employees could be forced out of their jobs. School officials say more than... more »

• Car sharing program at Loyola, Tulane

  March 17, 2010 5:29 AM

  Loyola and Tulane universities have announced plans with a car rental business to start a car-sharing program for faculty and staff. Loyola says the program will enable participants to maintain the benefits of a personal car while only paying for the vehicle when they use it. The universities are offering... more »

• Sex abuse found at La. juvenile sites

  January 11, 2010 6:17 AM

  Louisiana fell somewhere in the middle of the pack in a federal study on how much sexual abuse occurs at juvenile secure care facilities nationwide. According to the report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, almost all of the allegations made in Louisiana were from teenagers accusing staff members... more »