The House Ways and Means Committee approves legislation that would extend the state’s film tax credit program to 2035. The program which costs the state 150-million dollars every year is set to expire in 2025. House Speaker Clay Schexnayder says the credits create jobs.
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Independent studies have shown that despite the jobs gained, the state loses money with this program.
Eleven Louisiana deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease during the 2022-23 hunting season, which brings the total to 12. All of the CWD cases have been in Tensas Parish. LDWF State Wildlife Veterinarian Dr. Jim LaCour says when the first one in January 2022 was detected, they implemented a control plan.
A Lafourche grand jury convicts 47-year-old Travis Orso of Golden Meadow in the 2020 drowning death of his girlfriend, Dione Cheramie. Teiko Foxx has more.