Louisiana Republican U-S Senator Bill Cassidy announces 46-million dollars in federal money is heading to Cameron, Calcasieu, and Vermilion Parishes to elevate about 200 structures so they will not flood. Cassidy says it’s great news for southwest Louisiana…
Cassidy says the money is coming from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
With talks of removing Louisiana’s state income tax, Mandeville Republican Richard Nelson the state would have to find a way to make up for the shortfall, like the Industrial Tax Exemption Program which entices manufacturers to come to Louisiana. But Nelson says companies move to Texas because their net tax load is virtually zero compared to ours…:
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Nelson says a plan to do away with state income tax will have to be revenue neutral.
New hope for Alzheimer’s sufferers. A Japanese drug manufacturer says its experimental Alzheimer’s drug reduced cognitive and functional decline by 27 percent in patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s. The director for Dementia Research and Prevention at LSU’S Pennington Biomedical Research Institute says this is a potential big breakthrough in treating Alzheimer’s
The United Cajun Navy continues to aid Floridians in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Spokesperson Brian Trascher says it’s a slow process due to a number of highways and byways still under water, damaged, or blocked by debris.
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Trascher says they’d like to have more supplies on the ground, but some areas remain inaccessible. To donate visit UnitedCajunNavy.org