Lafayette Representative Joel Robideaux, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, doesn’t see Governor Bobby Jindal vetoing the film tax credit legislation that caps the amount of credits redeemed to 180-million dollars a year. Hollywood South is concerned the legislation will chase movie production away. But Robideaux says the cap still allows for 540-million dollars in film production a year…

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Robideaux says if the governor vetoes the bill, it will lead to a 70-million dollar cut to higher education and health care.

Springfield Mayor Charles Martin is resigning after pleading guilty to his involved in a ticket fixing scheme. Martin is required to pay $550 in fines, perform 32 hours of community service and two years of probation. Assistant LA Attorney General David Caldwell says they take cases of small town corruption seriously…

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Martin pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal mischief and will not serve jail time.

The LSU baseball team will look to avoid elimination today in the College World Series when they face Cal State Fullerton. Michelle Southern reports…:

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Blaze Starr, the Bourbon Street stripper who gained fame in 1959 when she had an affair with Governor Earl K. Long, died Monday at her home in West Virginia. Starr, whose birth name was Fannie Bell Fleming, wrote a memoir about her time with Long that was made into the movie “Blaze”, starring Lolita Davidovich and Paul Newman. It’s reported that Starr experienced heart issues in the past few years. She was 83-years-old.