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Recall effort against St. Tammany coroner officially underway
Thu 16 May, 2013
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Ashley Rodrigue / Eyewitness News Email: arodrigue@wwltv.com | Twitter: @ashleyrwwl BATON ROUGE, La. -- The stroke of a pen started the 180-day countdown in the effort to recall the St. Tammany Parish Coroner. Good-government advocate group Concerned Citizens of St. Tammany (CCST) got the Secretary of State's stamp of approval in Baton Rouge Wednesday. Now the goal is to get a third of the Northshore parish's registered voters, almost 54,000 people, to sign as well to get a recall election on the ballot. "I
IRS controversy: What's the potential fallout?
Thu 16 May, 2013
KMOV 4 St. Louis 0:58 | 0 views
After lawmakers question the IRS over the undue scrutiny the agency put on conservative groups that filed for tax-exempt status during the 2012 elections, they'll want to take action -- to hold people accountable and eventually consider legislation to amend any systemic problems that led to this kind of political discrimination. At the same time, both Democrats and Republicans are using the controversy for political fodder. Members of Congress are already questioning the IRS about the scandal behind
AISD Superintendent responds to bond election results
Mon 13 May, 2013
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AUSTIN --The Austin Independent School District asked voters for $892 million, the largest bond proposal in its history. Only two of the four propositions passed, and Superintendent Dr. Meria Carstarphen is thankful for the 490-million dollars approved. "It was such a generous, a generous commitment from the taxpayers," Carstarphen said. The superintendent says they know Austinites want to support tschools, but they have a limit and had to be selective. "They said they want to support Props 1 and 3, which
White House: IRS wrong to target tea party
Sat 11 May, 2013
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says it was inappropriate for the Internal Revenue Service to target tea party groups for additional reviews during last year's presidential election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status. White House spokesman Jay Carney said he did not know when administration officials learned of the practice. The IRS apologized Friday for targeting groups because they included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status. The agency-led
AISD's most expensive bond on ballot this Saturday
Sat 11 May, 2013
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AUSTIN -- Saturday is election day and the most expensive bond proposition in AISD history is at the top of the ballot. Twenty-two thousand Austinites went to the polls for early voting. That's a little more than five percent of registered voters. If passed, the nearly billion-dollar bond will raise the tax rate by about three and a half percent which means the average homeowner would pay about $70 more a year. Most of that money would go toward school repairs and expansions.
Sewer and water improvements in jeopardy in JP after tax renewals fail
Fri 10 May, 2013
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Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News Email: pmurphy@wwltv.com | Twitter: @pmurphywwl ELMWOOD, La. - A festering feud between some members of the Jefferson Parish Council and President John Young was on display during Thursday's emergency council meeting in Elmwood. Council Chairman Chris Roberts blamed Young and his staff for two 10-year property tax renewals going down in flames during Saturday's election. "You think you did enough to educate the voters on this?" Roberts asked Young. "You can always do more, no q
UT announces new police chief
Wed 8 May, 2013
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AUSTIN -- The search is over. The University of Texas has a new chief of police. Veteran Austin Police Department officer and Chief of Staff David Carter has been chosen to replace UT Police Chief Robert Dahlstrom, who will retire in May. Carter was chosen from a five-month, nationwide search to lead the 130-member police force on the campus with more than 70,000 students and faculty. More than 70 candidates competed for the position, but the committee in charge of selecting Carter says his experience in A
Election bittersweet for Hammond after magnet programs put in jeapordy
Tue 7 May, 2013
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Ashley Rodrigue / Eyewitness News Email: arodrigue@wwltv.com | Twitter: @ashleyrwwl HAMMOND, La. -- School districts on the Northshore are thanking voters for approving several funding measures over the weekend. But leaders in Tangipahoa Parish are baffled over the defeat of an effort to keep magnet programs in Hammond schools. The robotics program is one of them offered at Hammond High Magnet School. The International Baccalaureate diploma program, or IB, is the most recent addition. It allows students to