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Baton Rouge wins big in race for federal stimulus cash

by Ariella Cohen  The Lens |  0 comments

A year and a half after Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal dismissed the federal stimulus as a debt-generating waste, the Pelican State has accepted about $5 billion from the program. The Congress-approved cash went to programs ranging from education grants to coastal restoration projects to software modeling of civil works programs'… (continued)

  • 07.29.2010
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Jail advisory group will not open meetings to the public, administration says

by Karen Gadbois  The Lens |  0 comments

Though top city officials have convened a group to advise on a controversial proposed expansion of the Orleans Parish Prison, the group's meetings are not open to the public because it is not a “formal working group,” Mayor Mitch Landrieu's director of intergovernmental affairs told The Lens.
The Landrieu administration has “convened… (continued)

  • 07.29.2010
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Vitter candidacy scarred by PTSD, among other disorders.

by Mark Moseley  The Lens |  0 comments

At this moment in American history, about a third of veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and military suicides are on the rise. Knowing all that, I was hoping this election year would include a frank discussion of military mental health care. Though… (continued)

  • 07.27.2010
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