After a year off due to COVID, Mardi Gras – and its economic impact on Louisiana – is back. Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to travel to Louisiana tomorrow to highlight the millions of dollars Louisiana will receive to improve high-speed internet in rural areas. Harris will hold a press event in the small St. Landry Parish town of Sunset. The Infrastructure Act contains 65-million dollars to expand broadband access in underserved communities.

New Orleans Representative Candicie Newell has filed a bill that authorizes the state Department of Agriculture to create and issue up to ten cannabis production facility licenses. Newell says she wants the state to be prepared for when recreational marijuana is made legal on the state or federal level. She says if the legislation passes, she’ll add a tax component in the next session…
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Newell’s bill and hundreds of others will be discussed in the upcoming regular session.

Coming in 2023, if the Louisiana Gaming Control Board approves, is a betting platform called sporttrade which is like stock market trading, but instead, it involves sporting events. Sporttrade CEO Alex Kane says bettors will not deal with points spread or money lines…
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