The Jindal administration is considering a 200 to 300 million dollar cut to higher education, but it faces opposition from legislative and university leaders. Scott Carwile has the story…

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State Police say a Rosepine man is dead after a single vehicle accident in Calcasieu Parish. They say a pickup driven by 31-year-old Wayne Wiser ran off of LA 12 and then struck a concrete culvert and several trees. Wiser was pronounced dead at the scene. Four passengers in Wiser’s truck received minor to moderate injuries.

Today, the Transportation Funding Task Force will finalize their recommendations on improving the way the state funds highway improvements. Senate Transportation Committee Chairman, Robert Adley of Benton, says there has been discussion of raising the gas tax to better fund road improvements, but he doesn’t see that happening…

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With this being Governor Jindal’s final year in office, it is not expected that we’ll see major changes to how the state funds roadway projects.

A major motion picture is set to be filmed exclusively in Louisiana about the Battle of New Orleans. The project will be based off a book by Ron Drez and Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne says the premise of that book is that the British were very committed to the Battle of New Orleans…

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Dardenne says this film will remind the country that America’s success as a nation was solidified 200 years ago in Chalmette.