Watchful eyes are staying on the state’s film tax credit program and as a new study says it cost the state 171 million dollars last fiscal year. LSU Economist Loren Scott conducted the study and he says even though 13-thousand jobs were created, the cost of the program has a negative impact on the budget…:
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This is expected to be a big topic in the upcoming legislative session.

The Department of Health and Hospitals says Louisiana has cut the rate of Tuberculosis cases by more than half from 2010 to 2014. DHH TB Control Program Director Charles DeGraw says that puts us 12 percent below the national case rate…:
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DeGraw credits the TB Control Program for its successful implementation of new tools which have lowers the instance of the disease and working toward the ultimate eradication of Tuberculosis in Louisiana.

Republican Congressman Charles Boustany announces that a contract has been awarded to build a new VA clinic in Lafayette. Eric Gill reports…:
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The Humane Society of Louisiana says they now have the dog that was in a viral photo of him chasing a truck in Slidell. They say the owner turned over custody of Butterbean for $400.