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Preliminary deal reached in health care cutbacks

January 13, 2012 11:03 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Attorneys say a preliminary settlement has been reached in a dispute over cutbacks in state funding for home health care for disabled Louisiana residents. Nell Hahn, an attorney for the nonprofit Advocacy Center, told U.S. District Judge James J. Brady on Thursday that the state... more »
Deal reached for youth baseball program in N.O.

June 17, 2011 9:12 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans city officials have reached a preliminary agreement with the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Foundation to launch a youth baseball and softball program. The deal announced Thursday by Mayor Mitch Landrieu and city council members calls for a $5.3 million project to renovate a... more »
Lafayette Animal Control Deal Reached

September 14, 2009 8:15 PM

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - The Lafayette Consolidated Government has reached tentative agreements with all five parish municipalities for animal control services. The issue has been on the table for several months, after the City-Parish Council voted in April to have the communities of Carencro, Scott, Duson, Broussard and Youngsville... more »