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Drug Smuggle Bid Thwarted By Lasagna Anomaly
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Cops: Prison nurse aide busted on two narcotics trafficking charges
Asked about the cocaine and marijuana discovered by investigators, Regina
Davis claim...
Fluoridation Fails North Carolina
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Despite it's 89% fluoridation rate, in North Carolina 45% of adults over
age 18 had permanent teeth extracted and 21% over 65 have lost all of their
natu...
Photo Radar Attacked In Australia, Canada, Russia
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[image: Russian speed camera pried open]By Richard Diamond/Staff Reports
Vigilantes in Ontario, Canada, torched the speed camera on MR80 in Sudbury
on Frid...
Abdur Biswas (Sep 1, 1926 - Nov 3, 2017)
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Bangladeshi Statesman. He served as the 11th President of Bangladesh from
October 10, 1991 to October 9, 1996. He was educated at Dhaka University
where he...
naturally it would be our senator... note: we couldnt find a nursing home named Maison de Lafayette on the sec'y of states corporate database. we're not saying that there isnt one called that just that we couldnt find it. however, there is a nursing home in lafayette that senator mcpherson owns an interest in called ACADIAN OAKS NURSING HOME, L.L.C and that is what we linked to in the story below:
La. Lawmakers disclose money made in government work
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana lawmakers doing business with the state and with local governments have reported earning money from Medicaid payments, legal work and insurance policies.
All members of the Legislature must submit financial disclosure forms detailing how much, if any, money they or their spouses made in dealings with the state or with city, parish or other local governments.
Sen. Joe McPherson, co-owner of a Lafayette nursing home, reported earning more government money than any other lawmaker. The facility, Maison de Lafayette, received $3.3 million from the state in Medicaid payments, McPherson, D-Woodworth, said in his form.
Government watchdog groups are longtime critics of allowing lawmakers to do business with governments, saying it creates conflicts of interest when legislators must take positions on bills supported or opposed by those governments.
Lawmakers defend the practice. Several bills to prohibit it have failed to get through the Legislature.
Other lawmakers reporting large sums from 2005 government work include:
-Rep. Bryant Hammett, D-Ferriday, whose engineering firm made $737,826 for projects for Columbia, Concordia and Tensas parishes, towns including Ferriday and Jonesville, and work for governments elsewhere in the state. Hammett has said he plans to give up his House seat to take a job in the Blanco administration overseeing the rebuilding of infrastructure damaged in 2005 hurricanes.
-Rep. Karen St. Germain, D-Plaquemines, reported that a Pierre Part hardware store owned by her husband and his siblings made $56,351 from local government bodies in Assumption Parish.
-Rep. Glenn Ansardi, D-Kenner, said his law firm earned $470,000 doing legal work for local governments in Jefferson Parish.
-Rep. Hunter Greene, R-Baton Rouge, a lawyer, reported that he and his wife made $143,366 doing work for 12 school boards.
The base salary of a senator or House member is $22,800 per year. Additionally, they can receive up to $115 for each day the Legislature was in session this year - another $11,155 for those 97 days.
Lawmakers in leadership positions make more. The House speaker and Senate president, Rep. Joe Salter, D-Florien, and Sen. Don Hines, D-Bunkie, each have a base salary of $32,000. The speaker pro tem and president pro tem, Rep. Yvonne Dorsey, D-Baton Rouge, and Sen. Diana Bajoie, D-New Orleans, have base salaries of $24,500. The co-chairmen of the legislative budget committee, Rep. John Alario, D-Westwego, and Sen. Francis Heitmeier, D-New Orleans, make $28,000 plus expenses.
J.D. Vance has ‘novel’ idea: tax the childless more
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I plan to promote one of my readers for the office of vice president. I
came to this decision after he sent me an interesting message that revealed
that he...
Announcement: Next Lobbying Deadline
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The deadline for lobbyists to file the Expenditure Report covering July 1,
2024 - July 31, 2024 is August 26, 2024.
D is for Drinking Water?
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The Carrollton plant’s drinking-water grade fell to a “D.” But that doesn’t
mean the water coming from New Orleans faucets today is unsafe, state
health...
Shots fired.
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I have to be very careful with this post, because the next person I want
to see in my *Ring Doorbell* camera is the *Amazon* delivery person with my
te...
Police Jury meets Tuesday
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The Lincoln Parish Police Jury will meet Tuesday, June 13, Lincoln Parish
Court House, 100 West Texas, third floor. Here are the meeting times and
agendas....
New Podcast Series
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Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum New York City, New York, USA “Knowledge
comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind
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Maybe you knew Rick Tippie as a longtime chef at Arnaud's or more recently
at Killer Poboys or Liuzza's by the Track. Back in the day, he regularly
comment...
Here Comes The Boom
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Okay sports fans, here comes the boom! My Bossier is about to start back
up! Get Ready! Here it comes! The cold hard truth! Don't hate the player!
Hate the...
Welcome to the Alexandria Postcard Collection
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Postcards are an important medium in telling stories of the past. They are
historical masterpieces, showing life at points in time.
Greetings from Alexandr...
2:45 p.m., Voluntary Evacuation Area Removed
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Voluntary Evacuation Area Removed October 7, 2016 All areas once part of
the Mandatory and Voluntary Evacuation Order from the Bayou Corne Sinkhole
has b...
brief dashcam clip of alleged sex offender arrest
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brief dashcam clip of alleged sex offender arrest
some guy on a bicycle was allegedly looking at children through binoculars
across the street from the k...
Saying goodbye to our Old House
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I never thought this day would come. We had to say goodbye to the “Big
House”, the old house, the Hynson-Ringgold house (and many other names)….
We were tr...
57th presidential inauguration 21 january 2013
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57th presidential inauguration 21 january 2013
oath of office and speech + more.
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Part 63: Abomination of Desolation
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Wailing Wall Pilgrimage – The Denial of Christ
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By Ehud Would It’s that time again. Election season. Since at least
Nixon’s tenure, it has become an obligatory ritual of Western statecraft
for any ascen...
The Real Origins of Neocons
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*Russian Lies: Shadow of Jabotinksy*
by Joachim Martillo (ThorsProvoni@aol.com)
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Race, Church, and Society by Dr. Frank Smith
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Late last month, Dr. Frank Smith, author of the first history of the PCA
who is currently an RPCNA minister pastoring an inner-city mission church
in Atlan...
Last Days Lunacy and End Times Madness
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Podcast: LAST DAYS LUNACY and END TIMES MADNESS (The following commentary
is a reprint of the chapter Bible Basics 101: Last Days/End Times and The
Second ...