New Orleans native Peyton Manning is a Super Bowl champion for a second time as Manning helped the Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers 24-10 in Super Bowl 50. Peyton now has as many Super Bowl rings as his younger brother Eli, but that doesn’t matter in the Manning household…
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Social media is having fun with Eli Manning, Eli didn’t look happy at one point in the game, even though his brother’s team was winning.

The massive burn chamber built to destroy millions of pounds of explosives at Camp Minden begins traveling along highways through four northwest Louisiana parishes today. DOTD spokesperson Cindy Dorfner says traffic will be impacted, because the truck transporting the chamber can only go 15 miles per hour…
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Check the DOTD’s website for the chamber’s travel schedule.

A special session will start on Sunday where Governor John Bel Edwards will ask legislators to make cuts to state government and raise taxes as a way to address a huge budget shortfall. But Jeremy Alford, with la-politics-dot-com, says Republicans will go into the session looking for ways to reduce spending…
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It will take a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate to approve any tax measure.

US Representative Ralph Abraham of Richland Parish has filed legislation to reduce the number of years farmers have to pay taxes on certain farm equipment. Abraham says this will help put money in the farmers’ pocket…
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Abraham’s legislation lowers the tax depreciation schedule from seven to five years. He expects the bill will receive biparisan support.