A New Orleans district court judge denies a petition from Tom Benson’s estranged heirs that claimed the 87-year-old is mentally unfit to run his sports teams. Legal analyst Tim Meche says while Benson prevailed in the competency case, he’ll have a tougher time getting a judge to remove Renee Benson and her two children as the future owners of the teams, when it’s already been established in trusts…

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Benson previously announced he was going to leave ownership of the teams to his wife instead of his daughter and grandchildren.

In Louisiana Radio Network’s 5th week of Governor Q&A, we asked the four major candidates about the controversial SAVE legislation pushed by Governor Jindal as a way to keep the budget “revenue-neutral”. Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne says SAVE will be rescinded under his leadership if a court hasn’t already thrown it out…

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Legislation requiring all public high school students to pass the US Citizenship exam is awaiting Governor Bobby Jindal’s signature. Under the new law, civics courses in the state will have to contain curriculum on the same subject matter that is taught to immigrants seeking citizenship. Lafayette Senator Page Cortez, who sponsored the measure, says increased knowledge of America is important

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If signed into law, Louisiana would be the 8th state to enact such legislation.

Father’s Day is Sunday and the average person will spend about $116 on Dad, according to the National Retail Federation.The NRF says average spending on Mom was $173 dollars for Mother’s Day. LSU Marketing Professor Dan Rice…

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Rice says another reason why spending is more for Mom than Dad, is because clothes for females usually cost more.