St. James Parish Council is proposing to increase its water rates to cover the increases in the cost of generating water for its customers.
Things got very real Tuesday evening at the nearly five-hour St. James Parish School Board meeting as the Board learned that among other cost saving measures, 30 teaching positions and two Central Office staff members would be cut (reduction in force) and the District’s Science & Math Academy (SMA) would be closed and consolidated with the Career & Technology Center (CTC).
On Thursday, March, 18th at 5:52 p.m., the St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office received a call in reference to a body floating in the Mississippi River in Hester
New Orleans State Senators Troy Carter and Karen Carter Peterson finished first and second in Saturday’s 2nd Congressional District primary election, setting up a runoff election on April 24th.
I must say I was a bit disturbed last Friday when I read an article published in The Advocate titled Democrats in Congress want permits for big La. Plastics plant revoked.
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