Procrastinators have a few extra days to file their federal income taxes this year, as the deadline is April 18th. Halen Doughty has more…

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State Parks Director Robert Barham says Louisiana should be ashamed about being the trashiest state. He says out of every state he’s visited, there is more trash here than anywhere else, and it’s up to everyone to make it better…:
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Barham urges law enforcement to ticket those who litter.

With Easter coming a few weeks later this year, holiday spending is expected to reach record highs. Anna Serafin Smith with the National Retail Federation says their annual survey finds 80 percent of consumers will celebrate Easter, spending a record total of over $18 billion. She credits a late Easter for the 6 percent increase in spending over last year.
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Smith says customers will spend an average of $152 per person on Easter, including food, clothing, candy and gifts.

The Louisiana SPCA is urging families to put chocolate bunnies over real bunnies in Easter baskets. Spokesperson Deepak Saini (Dee-pahk San-ee) says giving a child a rabbit for Easter might sound like a festive idea, but many don’t realize the huge responsibility and the amount of care these animals need.
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He says every year hundreds of rabbits are abandoned after Easter.