Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Aaron will receive an honorary degree this morning during Grambling State University’s Spring Commencement. Jeff Palermo reports…
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The House approved a measure that would limit the amount of credits issued as part of the film tax program to $200 million dollars despite objections from lawmakers who thought the cap should be lower. Michelle Southern reports…:
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Former LSU offensive lineman La’el Collins goes from undrafted to a three-year guaranteed contract with the Dallas Cowboys. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Aaron will receive an honorary degree this morning during Grambling State University’s Spring Commencement. Aaron will be bestowed with a Doctor of Humane Letters. John Rosenthal, a university Vice President, says Grambling not only has a great football tradition, but a great baseball tradition as well…
The Doctor of Humane Letters is the university’s highest honor. Rosenthal says this degree recognizes an individual’s contribution to the world. He says Aaron will be honored for his work both on and off the field…
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In Aaron’s 23-year Major League career, he hit 755 home runs, a Major League record that stood for over 30 years. Rosenthal says Aaron is a great humanitarian, businessman, and an excellent role model…
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The House approved a measure that would limit the amount of credits issued as part of the film tax program to $200 million dollars despite objections from lawmakers who thought the cap should be lower. Alexandria Representative Lance Harris tried to amend it to $150 million dollars saying that other $50 million needs to be used elsewhere…:
There is currently no cap on the program and the state is issuing $226 million dollars in credits this year. Harris doesn’t think the lower cap is too much to ask of an industry that’s been thriving here since 2002 when there are so many other areas of the state that are struggling…:
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The tax credit scale back measures approved by the House Thursday now head to the Senate. New Orleans Representative Jeff Arnold opposed the amendment saying that it could lead to the state losing valuable business…:
Metairie Representative Joe Lopinto says cutting the program this extra $50 million dollars is too much and would make Louisiana less competitive. He says they don’t want to risk the movie industry leaving the state and taking the jobs with it…:
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People go out to eat at least one night during Mother’s Day weekend, more than any other weekend of the year. Erika Burns with the Louisiana restaurant Association Mother’s Day itself is the most popular day of the year for going out in the United States. She says mom gets to pick the place for brunch, lunch or dinner…:
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Burns says it will probably be impossible to get a nice reservation this late in the game, but you can try your luck at any spot that doesn’t have a list…:
Burns says while things tend to slow down for the restaurant industry after this weekend and over summer, people in Louisiana have a large appetite for going out to eat…:
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The state House advances a package of bills to the Senate that would raise 670-million dollars that can be used to cover a one-point-six billion dollar shortfall. The legislation heading to the senate raises the tax on cigarettes and scales back tax programs. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat says more work needs to be done to solve this budget crisis….
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Pinsonat says what the House did on Thursday is a good start, but even with these revenue generating bills heading to the senate, there’s still a big shortfall out there…
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The revenue generating bills passed in the House face an uncertain future in the Senate and may get vetoed by the governor if they make it through the legislative process. Pinsonat says lawmakers have until the last day of the session on June 11th to figure it out..
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Former LSU offensive lineman La’el Collins is now a Dallas Cowboy. The Baton Rouge product signed a three-year, 1.65 million dollar guaranteed contract, after not getting drafted. NFL teams were scared to select Collins, because he was wanted for questioning about the murder of a pregnant woman. During a press conference in Dallas, Collins thanked his support system that was around him during a difficult time
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Collins was expected to be a first round pick in last week’s NFL draft, until news got out that police wanted to question the football star about a murder that happened on April 24th. Authorities have never called Collins a suspect in Brittney Mills and her one week-old son’s death. Dallas Coach Jason Garrett is impressed with how Collins weathered the storm
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Before signing with Dallas, Collins had dinner at owner Jerry Jones’ house and that’s when La’el knew he truly wanted to be a Cowboy….