Elon Musk is shaking up the federal workforce, requiring workers to list the things they’ve done or risk being fired. The White House has made downsizing the federal workforce one of its top priorities. Republican Senator John Kennedy notes that layoffs are a part of American life.

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New Orleans Democratic Congressman Troy Carter says he has no problem with making the federal government more efficient, but he takes issue with how it’s being done.

Cut 6 (14) “…are people’s lives.”

Carter says 19-thousand federal workers in Louisiana could lose their jobs, many of whom are hard-working people.

A group files a federal lawsuit aimed at stopping an execution via lethal gas. Colleen Crain reports.

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In the upcoming regular legislative session, Baton Rouge Representative Dixon McMakin says he will propose a bill that calls for earnings through name, image and likeness deals to be exempt from state income taxes. McMakin says schools outside of Louisiana are recruiting the Bayou State’s best prospects, and tax-free NIL compensation can help athletes decide to stay home.