Governor Landry has unveiled a major tax reform plan, that includes eliminating certain tax breaks and tax incentives to make up for revenue lost due to cuts to personal and business income taxes. Landry will seek legislative approval during a November special session. LAPolitics Weekly Publisher Jeremy Alford says business groups will have their lobbyists out in full force
During a press event on LSU’s campus, Governor Landry was asked about his desire to have a live tiger in Tiger Stadium on game days again. Landry has received push-back from animal rights groups and some veterinarians but he says Tigers in sanctuaries live much better lives that those in the wild.
Cut 11 (09) “…academically and athletically.”
2015 was the last time LSU had its live mascot on the field before a football game.
The person of interest in the brutal death of Baton Rouge therapist Doctor William Abraham was taken into custody in Texas. Authorities say 20-year-old Terryon Thomas from Tensas Parish was nabbed in Dallas and faces extradition back to Louisiana. It’s unclear what role if any Thomas played in Abraham’s death. Abraham’s body was found along a highway wrapped in a tarp in Tangipahoa Parish on Sunday. The coroner’s office says the Doctor Abraham was beaten before he died.
Starting January 1st, thanks to a new federal policy, phone calls to and from Louisiana jails and prisons will drop dramatically from 25 cents a minute to just six cents. Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell welcomes the change, saying sheriffs were taking advantage, motivated by just one thing.