A Lafourche Parish man has been convicted of the 2020 drowning murder of his girlfriend. 47-year-old Travis Ourso was arrested shortly after the death of Dione Cheramie in Bayou Lafourche. Assistant D.A. Jason Chatagnier says the two argued after leaving a party and somehow wound up in the water. Ourso says he tried to save her but witnesses refuted that claim…:
CUT 06 (13) “…was unresponsive.”
Convicted of 2nd-degree murder, Ourso faces a mandatory life sentence.
Eleven Louisiana deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease during the 2022-23 hunting season. LDWF State Wildlife Veterinarian Dr. Jim LaCour says when the first one in January 2022 was detected, they implemented a control plan…:
CUT 08(11) “…the future.”
The House Ways and Means approves legislation that would trim the state’s sales tax by two-tenths of a percent starting in July. Louisiana’s sales tax is currently 4.45 percent, but .45 percent will expire in July of 2025. Prairieville Representative Tony Bacala’s bill would reduce state tax revenues by 210-million dollars, but he argues this money is going away in 2025, so the state should begin to live without it..:
CUT 12(05) “…already are.”
Bacala had a similar bill last year. It died in a Senate committee after it was approved by the House.
That same House committee approved legislation that would extend the state’s film tax credit program to 2035. The program which costs the state 180-million dollars every year is set to expire in 2025. House Speaker Clay Schexnayder says the tax credits creates jobs…:
CUT 13(09) “…community stronger.”
Both those bills now move to the House floor.