Author: Will Phillips
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US budget deficit climbs to record $2.81 trillion
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit climbed to $2.81 trillion in the first 10 months of the budget year, exceeding any on record, the Treasury Department said Wednesday. The nation’s budgetary shortfall is expected to eventually reach levels for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30 more than double the largest annual…
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Louisiana Department of Education Releases Virtual Learning Guides for Families and Educators
The Louisiana Department of Education has developed a new set of resources to support students participating in virtual learning. The Department released virtual instruction guides for educators and families. Each resource offers actionable steps educators and families can take to support high-quality instruction for students in a virtual learning setting. “COVID-19 has forced more teachers…
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Big Donation Made to The Farm in Honor of Baily Madden
Contributed by the Cultural Crossroads of Minden “She loved the arts and children,” says Jennifer Black of her daughter, Baily Madden, who passed away in July of this year. When searching for a venue to hold a memorial for her daughter, Black found the perfect place to honor the artistic nature of her spirit at…
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Louisiana officials discussing unifying sales tax collection
(The Center Square) – Local officials in Louisiana want to retain the ability to audit local taxpayers if the state moves to a more centralized sales tax collection system. State legislators this year created a board to study the issue and make recommendations that could end up in legislation and on ballots for voters to…
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Rare coronavirus condition kills 4th youngster in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A fourth child or young person in Louisiana has died from a rare condition linked to the novel coronavirus, the state’s Department of Health reported Monday. Forty-four state residents between the age of 1 month and 19 years have been diagnosed with the condition that the federal Centers for Disease Control…
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Louisiana creates way to report school reopening concerns
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s education department has set up an email for parents, teachers and others to report violations of the state’s coronavirus safety standards for schools, Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley told the state’s top school board Tuesday. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in mid-July adopted statewide rules for schools…
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I wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now
Contributed by Columnist Sarah Hudson Pierce At seventy-two I am so uplifted when I hear Vestal Goodman sing “I wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now” inspiring me to tell when my life took a tremendous turn. It’s February 1962. As a fourteen-year-old girl, I sat on the floor in front of the cast iron…
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Albert “Bubba” Babin, Jr.
Graveside services for Albert “Bubba” Babin, Jr. were held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 8, 2020, at Evergreen Cemetery in Minden, Louisiana under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden, Louisiana. Officiating was Rev. Jim Phillips. Visitation was held Friday, August 7, 2020, from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden.…
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Glenbrook Students are Back to School
School is back in session for the students at Glenbrook School. Students this year are facing changes and challenges not familiar to anyone before them, so some of Glenbrook’s students from a variety of different grades took some time out of their busy school schedule to share some of the changes that they experienced when…
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Business Owners meet with the Police Jury to discuss Goodwill Road
A group of prospective business owners and investors came to the monthly Police Jury meeting in order to reach out to them about some concerns they had about the properties infrastructure and to see if they could help contribute to seeing some of these improvements being made. When explaining to the Jury why he wanted…