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Lafourche Parish is preparing to begin more than $6 million in flood protection projects for the Raceland and Des Allemands areas.more>> Lafourche Parish is preparing to begin more than $6 million in flood protection projects for the Raceland and Des Allemands areas.more>> Baton Rouge's police chief says it was a mistake not to take everyone to jail accused in the beating of a family at a gas station.
more>> Baton Rouge's police chief says it was a mistake not to take everyone to jail accused in the beating of a family at a gas station.
more>> New Orleans officials and cultural advocates say the Mother's Day parade shootings that left 20 people injured won't spell the end of second-line parades, the local tradition that celebrates the city and its people.more>> New Orleans officials and cultural advocates say the Mother's Day parade shootings that left 20 people injured won't spell the end of second-line parades, the local tradition that celebrates the city and its people.more>> Police are investigating two fatal shootings that left a 37-year-old man dead in Central City and a 20 -year-old man dead in the Florida area.more>> Police are investigating two fatal shootings that left a 37-year-old man dead in Central City and a 20 -year-old man dead in the Florida area.more>> The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a shooting in the 1200 block of Horace Street that killed a woman Friday night.more>> The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a shooting in the 1200 block of Horace Street that killed a woman Friday night.more>> The shooting death of a whooping crane has Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials asking for help from the public.
more>> The shooting death of a whooping crane has Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials asking for help from the public.
more>> FOX 8 obtained a copy of a pre-trial services report on one of the suspected gunmen in the Mother's Day shooting.more>> FOX 8 obtained a copy of a pre-trial services report on one of the suspected gunmen in the Mother's Day shooting.more>> A couple of Thibodaux doctors in the business of making people well have a new venture aimed at simply making people feel good.
more>> A couple of Thibodaux doctors in the business of making people well have a new venture aimed at simply making people feel good.more>> Ray Lewis ended his long football career with a Super Bowl win on the turf and now, 8-year old Scooter Compton gets to play on it.
more>> Ray Lewis ended his long football career with a Super Bowl win on the turf and now, 8-year old Scooter Compton gets to play on it.more>> Investigators with the New Orleans Police Department arrested 19-year-old Monique Pepe Friday for having allowed Shawn Scott to hide out at her residence.
more>> Investigators with the New Orleans Police Department arrested 19-year-old Monique Pepe Friday for having allowed Shawn Scott to hide out at her residence. more>>
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Bobby Jindal's office says Louisiana state agencies have spent more than $100 million preparing for and responding to Hurricane Isaac.
The latest tally released Wednesday was $116 million, and that cost was expected to continue rising. That includes the price tags for mobilizing the National Guard, setting up and supplying shelters, bringing food and water to damaged parishes and paying state employee for storm response.
FEMA was expected to cover at least 75 percent of the cost, leaving the state with a $29 million bill so far.
The governor's Division of Administration has said a state emergency response fund contains more than $16 million that can help cover state costs. Jindal also is asking the federal government to pick up more of the storm's cost.
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