Bills designed to attract aerospace companies to Louisiana are heading to the House floor. The legislation would provide property and sales tax breaks to companies like Space X and Blue Origin, who make and launch rockets. The governor’s chief of staff, Julie Emerson, testified in favor of the bill…

Cut 5 (10) “….here in Louisiana”

One of the bills calls on aerospace companies to commit to invest one-billion dollars by July 2031 and create 200 new jobs to receive annual rebate of state and local sales taxes.

Secretary of State Nancy Landry says they’ve seen a big increase this year in the number of registered voters who have been put on their inactive voting list. Landry says you get on this list by not voting for 10 years and not responding to an address confirmation card sent in the mail…

Cut 15 (08) “….voter rolls clean”

There are 455-thousand people listed as inactive voters, but they can still vote in the upcoming primaries. They will have to show proof of where they live when they show up to the voting booth.

Artemis II is making its return to Earth after a successful trip around the moon.  The Orion spacecraft, which was assembled at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, has shown it can safely carry a human crew into deep space. LSU astronomy professor Eric Burns says the biggest issue has been the plumbing…

Cut 9 (08) “…routinely and safely”

Splashdown is scheduled for Friday night, just off the coast of San Diego.

A new report from Lending Tree finds that that just under 20-percent of Louisiana businesses fail within year one, but that’s the third-lowest percentage in the nation. Chief Consumer Financial Analyst Matt Schulz says the failure rate in Louisiana jumps to 47-percent after five years….

Cut 12 (10) “….take advantage of”