Despite objections from Hollywood South and several lawmakers, Governor Bobby Jindal signs into law legislation that caps the film tax credit program at 180-million dollars. Mae Chapman owns a casting company in Lafayette and fears the cap will decrease movie production in this state, which means less opportunity to work for those in the industry…

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Chapman doesn’t understand why Jindal and the legislature would want to restrict an industry that creates thousands of jobs.

A federal trial begins today challenging Louisiana’s law that requires doctors who preform abortions to have admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles of where the procedure is performed. Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino says there is one key issue the judge will have to determine…

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Opponents of the measure say that abortion is a safe procedure and admitting privileges to a nearby hospital are not needed.

The Toledo Bend Reservoir is named by Bassmaster as the number 1 bass fishery in the country for 2015. Director of the Sabine Parish Tourist Commission Linda Curtis-Sparks says this is a great honor and she believes this will lead to an influx of out of state anglers to the reservoir…

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Curtis-Sparks says they’ve never dropped below the top 15 in Bassmaster’s top 100 lakes.

LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva announced over the weekend that Georgia Southern play-by-play man Chris Blair will be the next “Voice of the LSU Tigers.” Blair will replace Jim Hawthorne who will retire after the 2015-16 men’s basketball season.