Rougon News

Early voting in East Baton Rouge Parish for the May 3 election will be at the Registrar of Voters offices beginning Saturday through April 26, excluding Sunday. via WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

“We don't want to take wheelchairs away. We don't want to disenfranchise those people that need Medicaid. I don't think you're going to see that”

The budget-cutting targets sought by House leaders could lead to reduced access to health-care services by the poor, elderly and disabled, the state Department of Health and Hospitals warned in a letter to ... via Times-Picayune

April 16, 2008 At 8:03 PM, on Tuesday, April 15, 2008, Louisiana State Police - Troop A responded to a single vehicle crash that resulted in the death of a Greensburg, LA resident. via Louisiana State Police

“We don't have data that tells us someone got into a crash because they were eating a hamburger”

Minors would be banned from talking on cell phones or text-messaging while driving under legislation that cleared a Senate panel Thursday. via Times-Picayune

“We appointed the tax commission and expect them to act in the best interest of the taxpayers of Louisiana and enforce the highest ethics standards among their staff.”

The top administrator of the Louisiana Tax Commission has been suspended from her job pending an investigation related to her communications with an attorney who represents sheriffs and assessors in a major ... via Times-Picayune

The House Education Committee this morning effectively killed a bill that would have raised the minimum academic standards required for Louisiana students to play sports or participate in other activities ... via NOLA,com

“Send the message that academics matters in Louisiana”

The House Education Committee on Thursday effectively killed the idea of increasing minimum academic standards for Louisiana students to play sports or join in other activities outside the classroom. via Times-Picayune

“It's a horse Web site and I'm a horse person so I was sneaking pictures from there.”

Stacey Simmons, 38, Red Stick Animation Festival and director, Baton Rouge Area Digital Industries Consortium. via WBRZ

“The buyer sends the money, usually for more than the asking price of the hay, the farmer deposits the check and sends the additional funds back to the buyer but later finds out the check wasn't good.”

Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., issued a warning to Louisiana citizens today concerning an email scam targeting farmers throughout the United States. via KALB-TV Alexandria

The Keep Baton Rouge Beautiful organization and the city of Baker were among 18 governments and environmental groups receiving Keep Louis-iana Beautiful Community Grants to combat littering in 2008. via WBRZ

April 2, 2008 At 3:59 AM, on Wednesday, April 02, 2008, Louisiana State Police - Troop A began investigating a single vehicle fatal crash. via Louisiana State Police

“We provide support and resources to help people gain skills and knowledge needed to make informed, responsible financial decisions”

Louisiana Jump$tart Coalition sponsors poster contest. Lots of children across the state have an artistic flair and know a thing or two about managing money - and the Louisiana Jump$tart Coalition for Financial ... via The Daily Advertiser

“The fundamental question here is that in Louisiana our student fees are low”

Louisiana State University is asking the Legislature for permission to raise student fees by $250 a semester on its main campus, and is backing a 5 percent increase in tuition that would apply to all public ... via NOLA.com

March 24, 2008 At 4:47 PM, on Monday, March 24, 2008, Louisiana State Police - Troop A began investigating a single vehicle fatal crash that occurred on LA Hwy 1019 west of LA Hwy 1023 in Livingston Parish. via Louisiana State Police

“There are no words. It's sad. That's the bottom line”

Gary Glover Victor Ricca Philip Smithey Forrest Fontenot, Jr. Several people are behind bars, accused of stealing from the graves of some south Louisiana soldiers. via WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT THAT PORTION OF GROUND BEARING MUNICIPAL NOS. 2308-10 ANNETTE STREET, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: WELLS FARGO BANK N A SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE ... via Louisiana Weekly

March 22, 2008 At 11:30 PM, on Friday, March 21, 2008, Louisiana State Police - Detectives began investigating a shooting involving a New Roads City Police Officer. via Louisiana State Police

After some 10,000 signatures have been collected by an organized group that started in the Ark-La-Miss to incarcerate convicted child molesters for life, the Louisiana District Attorneys Association is now ... via News-Star

A new tax break for parents of children in Louisiana private schools and a smaller benefit for parents of public school students won't have an impact on their pocketbooks for at least two years. via Times-Picayune

“Bill Drayton, the chief executive of an organization called Ashoka that supports social entrepreneurs, likes to say that such people neither hand out fish nor teach people to fish; their aim is to revolutionize the fishing industry.”

In 2006, Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with microcredit -- a program of collateral-free loans that helped many poor borrowers, especially women, start small businesses and ... via 2theadvocate.com