Ark-La-Tex News

A Maryland company whose Medicaid contract with the State of Louisiana has become the subject of a federal grand jury investigation is telling the state government that they can't do that.

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MONROE, La. (AP) — The Ouachita Parish Police Jury has shot down the proposed ordinance requiring mandatory garbage service for owners of every occupied residential rental unit in the unincorporated areas of Ouachita Parish.

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A Desoto Parish man on death road for the scalding death of his stepson 20 years ago is still waiting to be executed. A  death date last month was delayed because the state changed the drug to be used in the process. 

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Do you like getting outside to enjoy a little recreation? You're not alone. Numbers are in that Louisiana residents spend about $15 billion a year on outdoor recreation across the state. 

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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's administration has unveiled the details of its proposal to rewrite the state tax code in an effort to eliminate income taxes.

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No, he's not the Tin Man, just a Louisiana guy wearing a tin foil hat threatening to torch schools.

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Texas is full of pickup trucks. If a major car company makes it, a Texan either owns one or has tested one.  But new crime stats from the Texas Department of Public Safety show that pickup trucks are also the top vehicles stolen in the Lone Star State.

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In response to Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe's veto on a proposed law banning most abortions after the 12th week during a pregnancy, the State House and Senate has overridden his veto.

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Jamie Craft of Jonesboro, Arkansas has herself quite a Tuesday.

The 28-year old kicked of her midweek adventure by getting good and drunk and crashing her Trans Am into the side of a mobile home. Mind you this was a proper, adult sized Trans Am, which becomes important later in this tale and also made what she did a pretty serious crime.

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It's not a huge drop in prices, but it's enough to notice at the pump.  Not too long ago, we were looking at a rapid rise in gas prices happening much earlier in the year than in years past.

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