A republican presidential nomination poll conducted by KBUR/WAA in Iowa, places Governor Bobby Jindal in 13th with 2 percent from likely caucus goers . Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker leads with 18 percent. Robin Johnson ,with KBUR, says because he just announced a couple of weeks ago, it’s a little early to judge Jindal’s polling records at this point.

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The Iowa caucuses on February 1st are the first of the contests for the 2016 Presidential election.

The Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association will ask the next governor to make changes to the state’s film tax credit program, after lawmakers placed a 180-million dollar cap on credits redeemed in a fiscal year. Lt. Governor and republican gubernatorial candidate Jay Dardenne says the cap was set too low…

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The four major candidate answers can be found at louisianaradionetwork-dot-com.

SEC football media days get underway today in Hoover, Alabama, which many consider the unofficial start to the college football season. Hundreds of reporters attend this event every year to hear from SEC coaches and players. Braden Gall, with Athlon Sports, says new SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, who replaced Mike Slive, kicks off the festivities by speaking with the media…

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Gall says the handling of discipline when players get in trouble off the field will likely be a topic Sankey gets into. LSU football coach Les Miles and three of his players will go before the media on Thursday.

A new poll on the governor’s race shows Republican David Vitter and Democrat John Bel Edwards in a statistical tie. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Community colleges in Louisiana are raising tuition by 10-percent for the upcoming school year. The increase is allowed under the GRAD Act, which allows campuses to increase tuition higher than five-percent, if certain goals are met. Community college leaders say the tuition hike brings two-year schools in line with others in the Southeast.

The Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association will no longer pursue a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the cap that was placed on the film tax incentive program. LFEA president Will French says instead of engaging in a legal battle, they believe their efforts are better served working with state agencies to make sure the film industry can still thrive…
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The Louisiana High School Officials Association meets tomorrow and LHSAA Executive Director Eddie Bonine says he’ll be there as referees are threatening not to work this fall, if they don’t get more money and other stipulations. Bonine says he’s asking for more time to discuss this issue with high school principals and superintendents…
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The refs say they are tired of broken promises.

The Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association says they will no longer pursue a lawsuit against the legislation that capped the film tax credit program at 180-million dollars. LFEA president Will French says they are pleased with how the Jindal administration is interpreting the new law, but changes still need to be made and they hope to fix those glitches when a new governor is sworn in…
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State Police has issued a traffic advisory for those motorists who plan on traveling on I-10 between Baton Rouge and Lafayette this weekend. Trooper Bryan Lee says there will be lane closures for road work just west of the Mississippi River bridge….
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LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine meets with high school referees tomorrow in the hopes he can prevent a work stoppage by officials. Bonine says student-athletes shouldn’t have to worry about whether they’ll play games this year…
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Referees say they’ve only received two pay raises in the last 25 years, but a report by the Baton Rouge Advocate found that football officials have seen five different pay increases since the 1990-91 school year.

A 12-year-old and two teenagers in Lafourche Parish have been charged with criminal mischief for lying about a kidnapping. Sheriff deputies say the three claimed that 21-year-old Kaleb Bruce grabbed the 12-year-old off the street and put a duffel bag over his face. The 12-year-old was able to escape and Bruce was arrested. But the three individuals eventually changed their story and were taken into custody, while Bruce was released after spending several days in jail.

Mississippi-based Triumph Campaigns conducted an automated survey on the governor’s race. Based on 16-hundred responses, Republican David Vitter received 31-percent, Democrat John Bel Edwards had 30-percent and Republican Scott Angelle had 14-percent. Jeremy Alford of la-politics-dot-com, says it appears Angelle’s TV commercials are working, because he previously polled in the single digits…
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Republican Jay Dardenne received 11-percent in this poll.

State Police issue a traffic advisory because of lane closures that are taking place this weekend in Grosse Tete, just west of the I-10 Mississippi Bridge. Trooper Bryan Lee says the lane closures are for road improvement work. He says construction crews will be present so use caution…
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The Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association drops plans to file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new law that capped the film tax credit program. Michelle Southern has the story…
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One performance down, three more to go for Country music superstar Garth Brooks as he’s peforming this weekend at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. His first show in Louisiana in nearly two decades was last night, he’ll have two more tonight and then wrap up his stop in the Big Easy tomorrow night.

The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services makes policy changes after a 15-year-old Baton Rouge boy was found in a home weighing just 47 pounds and covered with insect bites. DCFS Secretary Suzy Sonnier says they are adding medical experts to case examinations with special needs children…
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The mother of the 15-year-old child is behind bars on a 115-thousand dollar bond.

The Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association will no longer pursue a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the cap that was placed on the film tax incentive program. LFEA president Will French says instead of engaging in a legal battle, they believe their efforts are better served working with state agencies to make sure the film industry can still thrive…
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There are two candidates neck and neck in the governor’s race, according to a phone survey conducted by Triumph Campaigns. At 31 percent, Republican David Vitter has a slight lead over Democrat John Bel Edwards, at 30 percent. But, LA-politics-dot-com’s Jeremy Alford says a lot can happen between now and the primary on October 24th…
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Louisiana State Police is alerting motorists to expect delays when traveling between Lafayette and Baton Rouge on Interstate 10 this weekend. Heavy backups are anticipated as a result of lane closures on the Mississippi River bridge. Trooper Bryan Lee says construction begins Friday night…:
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A lane of I-10 westbound at Grosse Tete will remain closed until 6:00 am Monday morning.

An automated telephone survey conducted by Triumph Campaigns finds Republican US Senator David Vitter and Democratic State Representative John Bel Edwards neck and neck in the governor’s race. Vitter had 31-percent; while Edwards got 30-percent…
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That’s Jeremy Alford with LA-Politics-dot-com.

Policy changes for the Department of Children and Family Services after a 15-year-old Baton Rouge special needs boy was found in a home weighing just 47 pounds with insect bites, and lying in his own waste. DCFS Secretary Suzy Sonnier says kids in bad conditions will now be assessed by a group of medical professionals…
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The Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association drops plans to file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new law that capped the film tax credit program. Here’s Michelle Southern with more…
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A teenager from Benton, who bragged on social media about stealing 16 street signs from specific Bossier Parish neighborhoods, can now add one more address to the places he’s visited-the Bossier Maximum Security Faciliy. Seventeen year-old Chase Grubbs has been charged with 16 counts of theft.