The third special session of 2018 will begin next Monday. Governor John Bel Edwards is still looking for a fix to the fiscal cliff. The governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff Richard Carbo says after the legislature failed to replace a large portion of the 1.4 billion dollars in temporary taxes that expire June 30th, they had no choice but to give it one more try….
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The Department of Children and Family Services warns that unless more funding is approved, the food stamps program will be shut down. The money on SNAP cards comes from the feds, but the state has to foot much of the administrative bill, and the current budget leaves no money for it. Secretary Marketa Walters says one in five Louisianans are at risk of going hungry.
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The Louisiana Department of Treasury announces it has returned two-point-three million dollars to a north Louisiana resident. It’s the largest amount returned in the history of the Unclaimed Property Program. State Treasurer John Schroder says the money was from unclaimed oil royalities from a deceased relative. He says they also collect old bank accounts, insurance proceeds, utility deposits and other business funds…
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A tech firm out of Austin, Texas, announces plans to open an office in New Orleans, which will lead to 350 more jobs in the Central Business District. Accruent plans to begin commerical operations later this month and the first has already started hiring.