Governor Bobby Jindal proposes reducing the size of tax credits in cases where a company or individual receives more money from the state than they owe as a way to balance next fiscal year’s budget. Jindal says two of his cabinet secretaries are looking at how this could help the state’s fiscal situation…:
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Commissioner of administration, Kristy Nichols, will present a proposed spending plan to lawmakers on February 27th. Jindal will be in Roanoke today to make and economic development announcement.

There’s been a development in the Ascension Parish shooting deaths of two men last month and now a $7500 reward is being offered for information about the unsolved crime. Cops say the gun used to kill 37-year-old Chad Nichols and 29 year old Benny Booker, both of Donaldsonville, was also linked to four other shootings in New Orleans between 2011 and 2013. Anyone with information about the shootings is encouraged to call Crime Stopper.

No one in Louisiana won the $564.1 million Powerball jackpot but someone who bought a ticket in the Bayou State is a new millionaire. The Louisiana Lottery reported this morning that one ticket sold in Monroe matched five of the numbers for a prize worth $1 million dollars before taxes. Winning jackpot tickets were sold in Texas, North Carolina and Puerto Rico.

The longtime voice of the LSU Tigers announces his retirement. Jeff Palermo has the story…:
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