ARTHUR D. LAUCK
Show caption ↓Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees points to a fan in the crowd before he tosses beads Tuesday during the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl victory parade in New Orleans. Fellow Saints quarterback Mark Brunell is at center.
Krewe of Champions
NEW ORLEANS — Only a Super Bowl victory parade could upstage Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Carnival floats carrying Saints players, coaches and team owner Tom Benson rolled past tens of thousands of jubilant fans in downtown New Orleans on Tuesday, two days after the 43-year-old franchise won its first NFL championship. Read more →
EKL-Lake partnership discussed
LSU System Vice President Fred Cerise told more than 100 people Tuesday night that the public hospital in Baton Rouge has no other option than to work with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. Cerise said the proposed partnership with the Essen Lane facility, commonly called the Lake, would give the poor and uninsured access to health-care services currently unavailable, provide more in-patient care beds and allow for the training of more physicians. Read more →
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Jindal says no to new taxes
LAFAYETTE — Higher taxes won’t be part of Louisiana’s plan to offset the state’s deficit, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Tuesday during a luncheon visit with the Kiwanis Club of Lafayette. “We will not raise taxes and balance the budget on the backs of our people,” Jindal assured the members. “We’re going to make it easy on our families and businesses.” Read more →
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- 7th gun seized at schools
- Mayors expect population rise
- At last, a home of their own
- Loop planning groups’ visions vary widely
- Standardizing college credit transfers advances
- Department looks at education contracts
- LFT chief decries Jindal’s plan to cut red tape
- Around Baton Rouge for Feb. 10, 2010
- N.O. man arrested in gas station robberies
- Around the Westside for Feb. 10, 2010
- Starhill zoning change approved
- Zachary mayor, council avert public fight
- Baker Council OKs purchase agreement on site
- March auction set for Bluffs Clubhouse
- W. Feliciana board slates interviews
- Walker mayor optimistic about finances
- Trio nabbed in Acadiana burglaries
- Durel names chief of community agency
- LUS sets grant funds workshop
- Lafayette education for Feb. 10, 2010
- State wants Minden group to repay funds
- Tangi considers lift of ban for 3 games
- Judge orders studio dissolved
