You could be fined up to 900-dollars if you illegally transport feral swine. Don Molino has more.
Cut 1 (30) “I’m Don Malino”
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The second LSU Manship School Public Policy Lab report is out, showing light consensus on how to fix the fiscal cliff. Matt Doyle has more.
Cut 2 (30) “I’m Matt Doyle”
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The legislature is looking at a way to spank the wild swine in the state. Feral hogs are a menace for landowners in all 64 parishes and a House committee has moved legislation to fine people up to 900-dollars who illegally transport the hogs. River Ridge Representative Kirk Talbot explained why this legislation is needed..
Cut 3 (11) “so quickly”
Talbot says the wild pig population has reached over 700-thousand and they are very destructive.
Cut 4 (11) “become epidemic”
State Veterinarian Jim LaCour says the feral hogs have infested every parish and by stopping the transportation of the hogs, it will slow the reproduction rates.
Cut 5 (13) “those properties”.
The state allows hunting feral hogs year round. Talbot, says people are trapping wild hogs, keeping them alive and then releasing them in a different location.
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Governor John Bel Edwards says he does not like the idea of arming teachers in the classroom. Edwards says he’s speaking with the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association and State Police Colonel Kevin Reeves on a comprehensive school safety program…
Cut 6 (09) “properly trained”
There are several bills filed by Republican lawmakers seeking to allow teachers and other school officials carry concealed handguns.There are also many proposals in this regular session that call for a constitutional convention. Edwards prefers a study group be formed first, so a consensus can be built on what areas of the constitution should be changed.
Cut 7 (07) “be everything”
There are also bills filed in this regular session that seek to change the criminal justice reform package approved last year. The governor says he’s fine with small changes, but not a large overhaul on the legislation designed to lower the state’s incarceration rate and put more money towards offender rehabilitation programs
Cut 8 (12) “able to make”
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An unrestrained Jonesville teenager was killed and two other teens moderately injured in a single vehicle wreck in Catahoula Parish. Master State Police Trooper Scott Moreau says investigators believe the car 18-year-old Delicia (Da-leash-she-a) Ceasor was riding in was traveling at a high rate of speed…
Cut 9 (10) “it’s roof.”
Ceasor was pronounced dead. Moreau says they are not sure if she was the driver…
Cut 10 (06) “and ongoing.”
This is the sixth fatality in Troop E in 2018.
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The second report from the Louisiana Survey finds that most state residents believe state spending can be cut without reducing services. The questions were focused on how to address the billion dollar budget gap the state will face come July. But LSU Public Policy Lab Director Michael Henderson says like many legislators, the public isn’t exactly sure where those cuts should come from.
Cut 11 (11) “think so.”
The only slam dunk in the survey? 87 percent of Louisianans agree, we do in fact have a budget problem.
There was some consensus on tax issues. The results show voters are not fans of raising, or even maintaining the current state sales tax rate of 5 percent, but Henderson says they are willing to entertain the idea of income tax reforms.
Cut 12 (09) “deductions”
There’s a few constitutional convention bills floating around the legislature, but Henderson says there isn’t clear support for a constitutional rewrite that would remove spending protections for certain agencies and programs. Even amongst those who like the idea, once you dig down into the details, support tapers off.
Cut 13 (08) “of those”
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Funeral services for Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson, who died last week at the age of 90, occurred today with hundreds of people in attendance at a St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter. Archbishop Gregory Aymond officiated the Mass and spoke about how Benson grew up poor but worked hard to become a very successful businessman
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Aymond joked that the road Tom Benson Way in front of the Saints and Pelicans team headquarters was a one-way street. Many credit Benson for keeping pro football in New Orleans when he bought the Saints in 1985. Aymond says Benson was a New Orleans Saint on earth and deserves similar status in heaven…
Cut 15 (12) “go marching in”
Members of the Saints and Pelicans were in attendance and so were the league commissioners of those two sports. Former Governor Bobby Jindal and current Governor John Bel Edwards were also on hand. Aymond says Benson will live forever in the hearts of those who knew him…
Cut 16 (10) “alive”