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By Marsha Shuler, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
Some election fraud violations could be elevated from misdemeanor to felony status under proposals submitted to a legislative panel Thursday.
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By Staff Reports, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
TThe Internal Revenue Service is trying to get refund checks totaling more than $1.6 million — an average $1,080 apiece — to nearly 1,500 Louisianans whose checks were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service because of mailing address errors.
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Finance report shows two fund BR Tea Party
By Greg Garland, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
Baton Rouge Tea Party LLC reported collecting $10,266 in contributions between Oct. 6 and Oct. 23 for its campaign to defeat a $901 million tax package on the Nov. 14 ballot, according to campaign-finance reports released Thursday.
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Recovery School District would not be focus of Race to the Top federal grant, Pastorek says
By Robert Travis Scott, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- The state Department of Education would use a large portion of a potential Race to the Top grant to help pay for a $40 million data management system, a principals training institute and other expanded agency roles in addition to the direct cash that the federal program is targeting at failing schools, Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek said Thursday.
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 | Gov. Bobby Jindal (R)
Elected: November 2007
Term expires: January 2012 |
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