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THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR’S OFFICE SAYS THAT A FOOD SERVICE PROVIDER AT U-L LAFAYETTE AND THE UNIVERSITY’S FORMER STUDENT UNION DIRECTOR MAY HAVE VIOLATED THE LOUISIANA CONSTITUTION OR STATE LAWS. AN INVESTIGATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR FOUND SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. AMONG THE ALLEGATIONS ARE THAT FOOD SERVICE PROVIDER SODEXO WAS FOUND TO HAVE PROVIDED FREE CATERING FOR THE FORMER STUDENT UNION DIRECTOR ANTHONY DANIELS AT GRADUATION AND BIRTHDAY PARTIES. DANIEL’S ATTORNEY SAYS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT HIS CLIENT VIOLATED ANY STATE LAWS OR THE LOUISIANA CONSTITUTION.
A Louisiana-based company says it plans to build a massive facility along the Calcasieu River ship channel to export liquefied natural gas. Baton Rouge-based G2 LNG says it plans to construct an $11 billion liquefied natural gas exporting facility. If built, it would be one of the largest capital investments in Louisiana’s history, according to the company. Before construction can begin, though, the company needs approval from federal agencies.
A WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH IN IBERIA PARISH. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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A Baton Rouge judge has refused to throw out the Louisiana Chemical Association’s lawsuit objecting to a legislative tax change that raised $103 million for this year’s budget. The Louisiana Legislature and the Department of Revenue argued Monday the association didn’t have the legal standing to file the lawsuit.
Judge Michael Caldwell disagreed, allowing the lawsuit to continue. He did, however, agree to remove Gov. Bobby Jindal as a defendant, saying the governor didn’t have control over enforcing the tax law.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL BE UPDATING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S STRATEGIC PLAN THROUGH 2020. SUPERINTENDENT DONALD AGUILLARD SAYS COMMITTEES ARE USING FORMER SUPERINTENDENT PAT COOPER’S 100 PERCENT IN, 100 PERCENT OUT PLAN TO HELP COME UP WITH NEW GOALS FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. COOPER HELPED DEVISE THE PLAN WITH THE HELP OF COMMITTEES TO MOVE THE SYSTEM FROM WHAT-WAS-A C-GRADE TO AN A GRADE BY 2018. AGUILLARD SAYS AN UPDATED PLAN IS EXPECTED TO BE READY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THEIR NOVEMBER 11TH MEETING.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE TWO THOUSAND BLOCK OF KATHERINE STREET. DEPUTY CHIEF MARK KRAUS OF THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS 50-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY WAYNE BAKER GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH ANOTHER MAN. HE THEN ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND WOUNDED THE OTHER MAN IN HIS LOWER EXTREMITIES. BAKER WAS ARRESTED AT AROUND TWO A-M MONDAY IN THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF WENDELL STREET BY CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES.
CROWLEY RESIDENTS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM THE CANDIDATES FOR ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF. K-P GIBSON, KEITH LATIOLA, AND BRIAN RICHARD ARE VYING TO REPLACE SHERIFF WAYNE MELANCON. THEY WILL BE FEATURED AT A POLITICAL CANDIDATE FORUM TONIGHT. REVEREND KEITH MATTHEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE WEST CROWLEY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS HOSTING THE EVENT.
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THE FORUM TAKES PLACE TONIGHT AT 6:30 AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING RECREATION CENTER IN CROWLEY.
Most of Louisiana’s congressional delegation asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to let state residents continue to use their driver’s licenses to enter federal courthouses and offices. Louisiana driver’s licenses won’t have all security measures of the decade-old REAL ID law in time for an Oct. 10 deadline. That’s when identification considered compliant with REAL ID is required for entry into federal facilities. The congressional delegation members asked for an extension.
