The House has refused to go along with a proposal that would allow Louisiana public colleges and universities to raise tuition five-percent a year for the next four years. New Orleans Representative Cedric Richmond says there's no need to raise tuition, when there's 800-million dollars in surplus money available. The bill's author, Lafayette Representative Don Trahan, says schools need the additional revenue to attract faculty, improve facilities, and offer a quality education. Trahan says TOPS and other financial awards will cover the tutiton increase. Trahan can bring the measure up for another vote.

The Lafayette City-Parish Council is slated to vote tomorrow evening on whether to repeal an ordinance that rezones a former bank on Moss Street to allow the Greyhound Bus station to move there from downtown.  The council voted last year to rezone the property, but Councilman Kenneth Boudreaux is pushing to have the ordinance repealed in the midst of numerous protests from neighborhood residents.  City officials are in talks with Greyhound to move the bus station to the planned multi-modal transportation center downtown.

Former Abbeville City Attorney Joseph Kosarek has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for charges relating to more than a half-million dollars in bad checks drawn on his law form's trust account.  Kosarek, now a resident of New Orleans, entered a guilty plea last year in federal court to making a false statement to a bank in connection with his private real estate practice.  Prosecutors said Kosarek misled the Bank of Abbeville into covering the bad checks, telling the bank they were the result of a paperwork error.  Kosarek served as city attorney from 1990 to 2002.  He resigned from the practice of law in 2005 after the start of an investigation into allegations that he mishandled client money.   

The Franklin Parish District Attorney's Office says a grand jury will consider allegations that Winnsboro's animal shelter kept dogs in illegal conditions.

A three-alarm fire in mid-New Orleans injures five people, four of them firefighters.

A state report shows increasing success in Louisiana's program to reduce the nutria population.

President Obama is expected to announce a new six-year plan to improve the nation's infrastructure today. 

The popular Internet advertising site Craigslist has stopped posting "adult services" listings. 

Most people don't think Jennifer Grey has an unfair advantage on the upcoming season of "Dancing With the Stars."