Governor John Bel Edwards says Louisiana finished the fiscal year that ended June 30th with a budget surplus of approximately 300-million dollars. Edwards says the state’s economy is performing better than what the Revenue Estimating Conference predicted…
Critics of the Edwards administration say the surplus shows the legislature didn’t need to renew millions of dollars in temporary sales taxes.
The Public Service Commission launches an investigation into the spending habits of rural energy coops. Commissioner Foster Campbell singled out Claiborne Electric Co-op for paying their GM 195,000 a year.
The GM says his pay is based on national averages for the positions.
A Denham Springs woman has been charged with a D-W-I after she drove into a Baton Rouge Police cruiser. B-R-P-D Sergeant Don Coppola says 39-year-old Tia Jones attempted to make a left turn into a parking lot on Government Street last night when the collision happened…
Cut 13 (06) “non life threatening”
Coppola says the police unit suffered severe damage as a result of the wreck.
After seeing losses in 2017, movie theatres are experiencing their best summer in two decades. It’s quite the feat considering the popularity of at home video on demand services such as Netflix. . Entertainment columnist for the New Orleans Advocate Keith Spera says the strong showing of support for historically popular franchises is a major contributing factor to the boom.
North American ticket sales will close out the summer season with more than a 14% increase