Hosting Thanksgiving dinner will put less strain on your wallet this year. Colleen Crain reports.
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Is the tax reform package that the legislature overwhelmingly passed a good thing or a bad thing? Jeanne (ZHAHN) Burns reports it depends on who you ask.
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LSU football won its first game in five weeks. Andrew Greenstein has this report from Tiger Stadium.
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This year, you can host a Thanksgiving feast for ten for relatively little money. Avery Davidson with the Louisiana Farm Bureau says the price of Thanksgiving dinner has gone down this year.
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Furthermore, that’s more than 12 dollars less than the national average. Davidson says that low cost is spurred in large part by a drop in the price of turkeys.
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Davidson says part of the reason for our comparatively low price is the fact that it costs less to transport the goods to your local supermarkets.
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After a hiatus of more than 20 years, Northwestern State University is restarting its rodeo program. Faculty advisor Dr. Michelle Morris, a professor of educational psychology, says a huge outpouring of support from the community led to the resumption of the program.
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One of the riders that the school recruited was McKenzie Davis, who had participated in barrel racing her entire life. Davis, an accounting major from Pollock, had previously been enrolled at LSU Alexandria. She says Northwestern State’s resumption of their rodeo program got her to transfer.
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When Northwestern State ended their rodeo program in the mid-1990s, the school sold all the property that it had used for training. Morris says the community is stepping up in providing the school’s rodeo riders places to train.
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There are five rodeos in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association each semester, and the national finals are held in the summer.
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Is the overall tax reform package passed by the legislature good or bad for Louisianians? It depends on who you ask. Invest Louisiana director Jan Moeller says raising the state sales tax will hurt low-income workers
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Louisiana’s sales tax rate is 4.45 percent. It will go up to five percent on January 1st and drop to 4.75 percent in 2030. Moeller is not a fan of this plan…
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On the other hand, Daniel Erspamer (ERS-pah-mer), the CEO of the Pelican Institute, calls it a great day for the people of Louisiana.
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Governor Jeff Landry originally proposed to tax 41 services that are currently not taxed., but that bill did not pass. Erspamer says the debate over sales taxes is not over yet.
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For the first time in more than a month, LSU is in the win column. The Tigers beat Vanderbilt Saturday night, 24-17, snapping a three-game losing streak. Adding to the turmoil of a three-game losing streak that took LSU out of playoff contention was the news days earlier that they lost the nation’s top recruit, quarterback Bryce Underwood, to Michigan. After the game, Coach Brian Kelly said he’s proud of how his team tuned out all the chatter and focused on the job at hand.
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LSU simplified its defense. Defensive End Bradyn Swinson, who assisted on four tackles and one sack, said that game plan paid off.
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In the week leading up to the game, Josh Williams, Greg Penn, Will Campbell and Garrett Nussmeier called a players-only meeting. Williams discussed the nature of the meeting after the game.
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With the win, LSU improves to 7-and-4 on the season. They wrap up the regular season next Saturday at home against Oklahoma, then they’ll await their bowl destination.
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The Ragin Cajuns are one win away from a Sun Belt Western division championship with a 51 to 30 win over Troy on Saturday. Coach Mike Desormeaux’s team is now 9-and-2 overall and 6-and-1 in league play…
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Redshirt senior Chandler Fields made his first start of the season for the injured Ben Woolridge and threw for a career-high 323 yards and two touchdowns. Fields on his team’s big day…
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Louisiana Tech fell to 4-and-7 on the season and will not go to a bowl game after losing to Arkansas 35-14. Coach Sonny Cumbie’s offense could only muster 43 yards in the first half and could not take advantage of two turnovers forced by the defense…
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ULM’s losing streak is now up to five after losing to Arkansas State 28 to 21. The Warhawks have one more chance to reach bowl eligibility and they will need to beat the Cajuns this Saturday. ULM Coach Bryant Vincent…
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Kick-off against the Cajuns is at 11 AM.