At the start of the legislative session, Governor John Bel Edwards called for a bipartisan effort to repair the state’s annual problem of budget cuts, especially during the middle of a fiscal year. Ruston Representative Rob Shadoin hopes lawmakers can come together across party lines to do what’s best for the people…:
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But most Republicans don’t support many of the governor’s proposals to raise revenue but instead suggest reductions in state spending.

LSU Economist Dr. Loren Scott says, for the third time, one of the studies he’s conduced finds Louisiana is losing money from the film tax credit program. He admits that filming does create jobs…:
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But he says the return of investment of film tax credits was just 22-percent in 2016.

A Chinese chemical company announces plans for a 1.1 billion dollar chemical plant to be constructed in Louisiana. Don Molino has more…:
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The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has opened the line of credit for Louisiana to receive the $1.6 billion Congress appropriated for flood recovery. The Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff Julie Baxter Payer says now is the time for flood victims to fill out the survey at restore.la.gov to see if they are eligible for homeowner assistance. She say the state should have a program manager in place in the next couple of weeks.