The business community and the film industry are hot happy with what came out of the legislative session…

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The Army has granted an exception that will allow Louisiana National Guard Staff Sgt. Thomas Florich to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Florich was killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of Florida in March, along with ten other servicemen. The Army originally denied the family’s request for burial at Arlington because Florich was not listed as “active duty” at the time of the crash. Secretary of the Army John McHugh says there was compelling justification to grant the exception.

After the death of a 22-month old child in the care of two unlicensed day care workers, the state department of education is now posting a list of unlicensed day care centers on its website. Education Superintendent John White says he will also recommend to BESE to increase funding so that low-income families can afford licensed day care centers…

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You can find the list at www-dot-louisianabelieves-dot-com under “early childhood”.

The department of transportation is reminding Baton Rouge area residents the deadline to take the online I-10 Corridor Improvement Study is this Monday. DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallett says more than 12-thousand people have taken the online survey…

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Mallett says once the survey is completed, the next step is to have a public hearing that will present ideas on I-10 corridor improvements.