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Chelsea’s must rezone or close – 11:45 a.m.

By Joy Lukachick
Staff Writer
March 26, 2009

The Louisiana Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco Control will suspend the license of Chelsea's Cafe if the owner does not meet certain conditions including changing the zone status.Chelsea's Cafe owner Dave...

Anticipated budget cut figures announced

By Kyle Bove
Chief Staff Writer
March 26, 2009

Members of the Board of Regents received anticipated higher education budget cut figures for the 2009-10 fiscal year on Wednesday, under which the LSU System would see a reduction in state funding of $102,087,705....

Senate requests equitable budget cuts

By Adam Duvernay
Staff Writer
March 26, 2009

Following the announcement of the results from the Student Government general election, SG members made their way across campus to participate in the weekly senate meeting.The senators spent most of their...

President Barack Obama addresses a question in an ‘Open For Questions’ town-hall style meeting Thursday in the East Room of the White House in Washington. It was the first online town hall done in the White House.

Obama answers questions through online forums

By The Associated Press
March 26, 2009

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama seized the bully pulpit Thursday and reprised the best of his acclaimed campaign skills in an unprecedented Internet town hall from the White House — a direct...

Scholarship named after professor

By Mary Walker Baus
Contributing Writer
March 26, 2009

Imagine the amount of students who pass you by in four years in college. You can bet Cecil Eubanks has seen more.Eubanks is a political science professor who has taught undergraduate and graduate students...

Fargo uses social networks to fight floodwaters

By The Associated Press
March 26, 2009

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — When Kevin Tobosa got word Thursday that a friend needed help building a sandbag dike, he immediately posted a status update on his Facebook page: "Heading to 2825 Lilac Lane in...

Study shows ‘cord-cutting’ trend increasing among youth

By Kyle Whitfield
Editor
March 26, 2009

Christine Thrower came to LSU from Clovis, N.M., a city 900 miles away from football-crazy fans and party-hard undergraduates.Thrower relies primarily on phone calls to keep in touch with her family. But...

Severe weather rolls through Louisiana – 11 a.m.

By Associated Press
March 26, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Power companies worked to restore electricity to thousands of Louisiana customers Thursday morning after a line of severe thunderstorms raked the state overnight. As of 7...

La. labor secretary still negotiating on stimulus

By The Associated Press
March 26, 2009

(AP) — Louisiana's labor secretary said Thursday he continues to negotiate with federal officials about ways the state could take $98 million in stimulus money to expand unemployment benefits. Gov....

Lawmaker proposes gasoline tax increase – 11:05 a.m.

By Associated Press
March 26, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A state lawmaker from Alexandria is proposing a 4-cent boost in Louisiana's gas tax. Democratic Rep. Herbert Dixon faces a tough road, however. Gov. Bobby Jindal has said...

Senate runoff scheduled April 4

By Lindsey Meaux
Staff Writer
March 26, 2009

With less than 10 days before the run-off election, candidates for Louisiana State Senate District 16 are making a last push to claim the seat.The candidates, Lee Domingue and Dan Claitor, are running...

Labor secretary still negotiating on stimulus – 12:35 p.m.

By Associated Press
March 26, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's labor secretary, Tim Barfield, says he continues to negotiate with federal officials about ways the state could take $98 million in federal stimulus money to expand...