U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise says the GOP’s Lower Energy Costs Act can help with inflation, but only if the President will sign it…:
Cut 1 (30) “…I’m Kevin Gallagher.”

Governor Edwards is using his constitutional authority to deny Folgers Coffee’s application for a proprerty tax exemption worth five point-one million dollars through the state’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program. Folgers believes they deserve the tax break as a result of improvements made at two factories in New Orleans East, but local officials oppose the tax breaks.

Simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use among college students is on the rise, that’s according to a Tulane University study. Assistant professor of social work Audrey Hai (pronounced high) says they examined data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health…
Cut 10 (11) “…not other students.”
The data shows the use of both alcohol and marijuana among Black college students has increased 69-percent from 2010 to 2019.

It’s the Lenten season and the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana President Steven Procopio says the seafood industry has an economic impact of more than $2.4 billion annually on the state.
Cut 13 (10) “… overall.”
Procopio says one out of every 70 jobs is related to the seafood industry.