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Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) is a state network of Public Broadcasting Service member television stations serving the U.S. state of Louisiana.The stations are operated by the Louisiana Educational Television Authority, an agency created by the executive department of the Louisiana state government which holds the licenses for six of the seven PBS member stations licensed in the state.
This is a list of member stations of the Public Broadcasting Service, a network of non-commercial educational television stations in the United States.The list is arranged alphabetically by state and based on the station's city of license and followed in parentheses by the designated market area when different from the city of license.
As a result of legislation passed by the state in November 2005, 102 of the city's worst-performing public schools were transferred to the Recovery School District (RSD), which is operated by the Louisiana Department of Education and was headed for a key period (2008-2011) by education leader Paul Vallas. The Recovery School District had been ...
Seat expired at the end of the 36th Congress due to Louisiana's succession. [a] Charles Boustany: January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 Republican: 7th: Elected in 2004. Redistricted to the 3rd district. January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 3rd: Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 2012. Retired to run for U.S. senator. John Breaux
While the bridge was opened to public Tuesday evening, a "rolling fog convoy" is still in effect on the Causeway as of 10:00 a.m. Wednesday as portions of southeast Louisiana and southern ...
January 8 – Jeff Landry becomes Governor of Louisiana. [1] March 5 – Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signs a bill that adds nitrogen gas and electrocution as execution methods. [2] [3] June 19 – Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signs a bill that makes it the first state to mandate that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school ...
Pointe à la Hache: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. A word meaning persimmons created from the Louisiana Creole and the Atakapa language 22,386: 2,429 sq mi (6,291 km 2) Pointe Coupee Parish: 077: New Roads: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. French phrase la pointe coupée or in English, the cut-off point, which refers to a bend in ...
The U.S. state of Louisiana currently has six congressional districts.The state has had as many as eight districts; the eighth district was eliminated on January 9, 1993 after results of the 1990 census, and the seventh district was eliminated in 2013, following results of the 2010 census, largely because of people moving interstate after Hurricane Katrina hit the state.