It’s Mother’s Day weekend and a report from Move-dot-org says Louisiana is the third least expensive state to be a new mom. Move.org says the average cost for childbirth and childcare costs in Louisiana is 12-thousand dollars and that’s cheaper than daycare costs alone in D-C, Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut…
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The two states that rank ahead of Louisiana are Mississippi and Alabama for the cost of having a baby.

Senator John Kennedy is once again bringing legislation aimed at getting dead people off the social security rolls. The Senator says every year the federal government spends 144 billion dollars on improper payments, through Social security, Medicare, and other social programs.
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Kennedy cited a recent case of a New Orleans woman who was prosecuted for stealing 300,000 dollars of social security checks.

No action at the State Capitol today, but when lawmakers arrive on Monday, the House Ways and Means committee will discuss a bill that will lower the state sales tax from 4.45 to four-percent. The state sales tax was four percent for many years before Governor Edwards took office, and in his first year it jumped to five percent to cover a significant budget gap, before falling to 4.45 percent last year. Haughton Representative Dodie Horton supports the legislation…
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The Edwards administration is expected to oppose the measure.

So far it’s been a dry Friday afternoon for most of the state after a couple of bumpy days weather wise. Louisiana has seen it’s fair share of severe weather lately and Mike Steele with the governor’s office of homeland security and emergency preparedness says this pattern could continue…
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The National Weather Service says they’ve confirmed that eight tornadoes touched down in north Louisiana on Wednesday, one of them caused a lot of damage at Jimmie Davis State Park in Jackson.