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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama says the nation probably faces huge deficits for years to come, but heavy spending is needed now to spur the economy.
Obama said Tuesday the deficit appears on track to hit $1 trillion soon.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House and Senate have convened for a new Congress that will immediately confront the country's struggling economy. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has validated its 2008 air quality data, which shows all of Louisiana in compliance with two standards. Historically, the only area in Louisiana area that has remained out of attainment for the ozone standard was the five-parish Baton Rouge area of Iberville, West Baton Rouge, Ascension, Livingston and East Baton Rouge parishes. NEW YORK -- In a year of prolific offenses, Drew Brees stood out like -- well, Dan Marino. Brees came so close to Marino's NFL record for yards passing that the New Orleans Saints quarterback won The Associated Press 2008 NFL Offensive Player of the Year award. You can start 2009 off with a new you at the Women's Body and Mind Retreat. Dawn Braud and Phi Truong joined us on 2une In Tuesday morning with tips on how you can introduce a healthy approach to your everyday life. NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu says she had a positive meeting with President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be homeland security secretary. Landrieu met with Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano on Monday. Would tougher curfew laws protect more citizens? News2's Chris Nakamoto talks with residents about this controversial subject. Blue tarps still dot the landscape around Baton Rouge. Why are roof repairs taking so long? After Mayor-President Kip Holden was sworn into office for a second term Monday, he attributed his landslide victory as evidence local voters are tired of the divisive politics of the past. Authorities searched a southern Louisiana marsh by boat Monday for clues that might determine what caused a helicopter crash that killed eight people bound for an offshore oil platform. Police are looking for a man who shoved a 1/8-inch drill bit in the back of a man’s head when the victim wouldn’t show the assailant his cell phone. A sobriety checkpoint set up in Livingston Parish led to 10 DWI arrests Saturday, State Police said in a news release. Between the hours of 10 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday, more than 500 vehicles passed through the checkpoint in Walker on La. 447 south of U.S. 190, Trooper Russell Graham said in the news release. The state health agency used excess cash — much of it one-time money — to avoid most of the $118 million in spending reductions required under a Jindal administration budget-balancing plan. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center wrapped up 2008 with a $28 million shopping spree that included 60 acres spanning from the hospital’s Tau Center near Essen Lane to Interstate 10, two nearby outpatient surgery centers and an office building on Perkins Road. The widening of Interstate 10 from the I-10/12 split to Siegen Lane will soon force speed limits to be trimmed to 50 miles per hour through the construction zone, officials said Monday. A state judge ordered a 19-year-old man released from Parish Prison on Monday because prosecutors were not prepared to try him on an attempted second-degree murder charge stemming from the brutal beating and burning death of another man in 2007. WATSON — A quirky, two-mile bottleneck on La. 16 in Livingston Parish that has bedeviled motorists for years is history. A $7.7 million project to widen the state highway from two lanes to four between Denham Springs and Watson is open to traffic after 11 months of construction and years of pushing by local leaders to fund it, state and local officials said Monday. A dozen jobs at the state’s war veterans homes will be eliminated to reduce costs, Veterans Affairs Secretary Lane Carson said. “The only thing we could cut was those positions,” Carson said. NEW ORLEANS — Newly sworn Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro Jr. acknowledged Monday he has sought the state’s permission to file for bankruptcy protection. The rare step is not necessarily imminent. TICKFAW — Tangipahoa Parish sheriff’s deputies arrested three Hammond men in a Sunday morning home invasion during which a homeowner was shot and wounded. Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputies arrested two more people in a counterfeiting scheme, bringing the total arrested in the case to five, deputies said. WALKER — The town’s administration looks a lot like the former East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office after Bobby Font took over as mayor and Fred Raiford became his chief of staff Monday. The next Enviroschool organized by the state Department of Environmental Quality is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at the DEQ Conference Center, 602 N. Fifth St. LAFAYETTE — Former School Board member and state Rep. Rickey Hardy’s request that the state take over three low-performing schools in Lafayette Parish is a bit premature and an overstep of the legislator’s authority, say board members who represent the targeted schools. LAFAYETTE — The Lafayette Parish School Board will select its leadership for the coming year at its Wednesday meeting. For two years, members have elected Carl LaCombe as president. Greg Awbrey has served as vice president for one year. ABBEVILLE — The Vermilion Parish Police Jury voted Monday to re-elect Gerald Butaud and Ronald Darby as its president and vice president, respectively, for a second consecutive year. |
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