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Bill extinguishes smoking in bars, gambling halls
BATON ROUGE -- A Baton Rouge area lawmaker late Thursday filed two bills aimed at banning smoking in bars as well as gambling outlets like riverboats and the New Orleans land-based casino.
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State urged to buy up flood-prone property
The state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority should invest more money in "non-structural" strategies like raising, relocating or buying private buildings in coastal flood areas as part of its $600 million fiscal year 2011 annual plan for ecosystem restoration and hurricane protection, say five local and national conservation groups.
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Cao defies GOP leaders on plan to ban earmarks
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, R-New Orleans, isn't going along with the House Republican conference's planned one-year ban on earmarks.
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Jindal rejects pay raise rule
BATON ROUGE -- For the second time this year, Gov. Bobby Jindal has rejected a rule proposed by the state civil service commission that would mandate pay increases for rank-and-file classified state employees, an issue that has become a hot topic in a state capital dealing with deep budget cuts.
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Climate change threatens state's birds, report says
Climate change poses a threat to most U.S. bird species, including many that live and visit Louisiana's rapidly disappearing coastline, according to a new report released Thursday by ornithologists with university research laboratories, federal agencies and environmental groups.
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Bill criminalizes cockfight viewing
BATON ROUGE -- An East Jefferson lawmaker has filed a bill for the upcoming legislative session that would make it a crime for people to attend cockfights, which are illegal.
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Vitter's use of symbol is improper, Melancon says
WASHINGTON -- A David Vitter for Senate fundraising letter looks too much like an official document, the Charlie Melancon Senate campaign said Tuesday in a letter requesting a Senate Ethics Committee investigation.
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Cao drops fundraising company
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao's re-election campaign on Monday suspended its relationship with Base Connect, the Washington firm in whose direct-mail fundraising operation they had sunk nearly $400,000.
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State is cutting at-risk youth services
BATON ROUGE -- Truancy prevention, summer-school programs for at-risk youth and tax-preparation help for low-income people are among the programs the state Department of Social Services is planning to eliminate as it tries to shrink its budget in the upcoming fiscal year.
