LSU fans got a first taste of new head baseball coach Jay Johnson Monday at his introductory press conference. Matt Doyle has more…
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The number of expected severe rain events appears to be set to go up for Louisiana, which will likely mean higher costs for homeowners and state and local governments. Matt Doyle has more…
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If you are a parent that prefers to collect a refund check after filing instead of the option to receive monthly child tax credit payments, you can unenroll. Brooke Thorington explains.
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Delta Biofuel is looking at building a $70-million renewable fuel plant in Iberia Parish. Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says the production facility would produce a fuel source that is a byproduct of sugar cane fiber known as bagasse.
If located in Jeanerette, Pierson says the Delta Biofuel plant would create 126 new direct jobs with an average salary of $62,000 and 149 indirect jobs for the area. For a total of 275 new jobs for the Acadiana region.
Pierson says this is one of several renewable energy projects the state is working on to augment the state’s oil and gas industry by bringing new and diversified elements to Louisiana’s energy portfolio.
Pierson says they’ve been working on the project since 2020 and COVID has presented some delays but now they are close to completing the agreement.
The facility would produce up to 300,000 metric tons of bagasse fuel pellets annually.
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New Tigers head baseball coach Jay Johnson was introduced publicly for the first to the LSU faithful Monday.
Johnson, the former six-year head coach at Arizona, says helming a program like LSU is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and he relishes the challenge as well as the spotlight…
Johnson made two College World Series appearances during his six years with the Wildcats.
Johnson says he always looked up to LSU going back to the 90s where purple jerseys were staples in Omaha. He says Skip Bertman was a role model during his first years coaching…
Johnson is known as an offensive guru and a master batting coach but his skills as a recruiter are still in question. He says to get the best of the best he’ll sell recruits on LSU’s storied history as a top program.
Johnson’s Wildcats led the NCAA in runs scored last season.
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Louisiana appears to be likely to increase its projections for the number of expected severe rain events we’ll see going forward.
The increase is likely to be a part of an update to NOAA’s Atlas 14 rainfall frequency forecast. State Climatologist Barry Keim says over the last ten years it appears that we are getting more frequent, powerful rainstorms.
Atlas 14 creates projected rain totals over the next year, ten years, hundred years, and further out then predicts the projected rainfall in major events down to the minute. Keim says the Great Flood of 2016 is likely to play a large increase in those potentially increased forecasts due to its widespread and historic impact.
Keim says if we are getting more frequent storms capable of flooding then this certainly will have an impact on your flood insurance rates going forward.
Keim says if the Atlas 14 forecast is revised upwards then local and state governments will have to spend more money on infrastructure that is increasingly more flood-resistant.
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The deadline to unenroll from the child tax credit program was Monday night, that is if you’re eligible and prefer to receive a lump sum refund check after you file. If you didn’t unenroll you’ll still receive a July payment but the deadline to stop an August payment is August 2nd. IRS Spokesperson Aaron Wiley says you can do so at the Child Tax Credit portal on IRS.gov.
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Wiley says if parents file joint returns both must unenroll to stop the monthly payments.
Parents who will be automatic recipients of the child tax credit should have already received a letter in the mail about their eligibility. Wiley said however if your income has changed since you last filed you can visit the Child Tax Credit Portal and check eligibility.
The IRS website has had to undergo several updates and offer portals for taxpayers to update their address, income, and banking information that might have changed since they last filed their taxes in order to receive payments. Wiley says the IRS is trying to be as accommodating as possible.
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For more information visit childtaxcredit.gov or IRS.gov