A National Federation of Independent Business survey finds small business optimism is at its highest level since 2004. N-F-IB state director, Dawn Starns, says when small business owners feel good about the economy, they are more likely to increase business activity…
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Starns says small business optimism has been rising since the November election.

WWE’s wrestlemania will return to New Orleans in April 2018. The Big Easy hosted professional wrestling’s biggest event in 2014 and WWE’s Chief Brand officer, Stephanie McMahon, detailed the pitch made to bring it back to the Superdome…
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The federal government says 150-thousand Louisiana residents have signed up for health coverage through the Marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act. Christen Young, with the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services says one key driver of affordability in the marketplace is financial assistance and 82-percent of Louisiana consumers signed up so far, have qualified for tax credits…
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Young says most people can find a plan for less than $75 per month.

And the application period started today for low income parents who wish to receive a taxpayer funded voucher so their children at a poorly performing school can attend a private school. President of the Louisiana Federation for Children, Ann Duplessis, says 65-hundred students are currently in the scholarship program…
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