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Council may consider cutting funding for Livingston Parish library system

BY DOUG GRAHAM | Staff writer​ ​ ​

A battle over "inappropriate" content in the young adult and children's section of the Livingston Parish library system has reignited under a new council and parish president administration.

Some members of the new council have floated the idea of reducing the system's funding. The library director says any reduction in funds would mean a reduction in services.


Of the 10 costliest storms in U.S. history, all but one have come in the past 20 years, further evidence of how climate change is causing more intense storms. Three of the most expensive hurricanes in the country's history hit Louisiana.

Read more about each of the 10 storms here.


LSU football coach Brian Kelly has been looking for an offensive coordinator since Mike Denbrock left last month for the same job at Notre Dame. Apparently he has found the right person for the job … well, two people actually.

Quarterbacks coach Joe Sloan and wide receivers coach/passing game coordinator Cortez Hankton will be promoted to co-offensive coordinator, sources confirmed Tuesday to The Advocate.

Sloan will be LSU's play-caller.

Was BRPD response during Alton Sterling protest warranted? Use of force examined in federal trial

Whether or not Baton Rouge police officers used excessive force while responding to protests in the aftermath of Alton Sterling’s death in 2016 became a key question for jurors to consider Tuesday du… Read more

GOP plan to force out Rep. Garret Graves befuddles U.S. House Republicans

WASHINGTON – In Baton Rouge, a new Trump-thumping governor, backed by veto-proof Republican supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature, has sped through legislation that likely makes the reelection of Republican U.S. Rep. Garret Graves untenable. Read more

 
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