The House and Senate Transportation committees have approved a plan to fund a new I-10 Lake Charles bridge. Tolls are part of the funding equation and the trucking industry is in opposition to using tolls to help fund the two-point-one billion dollar project. DOTD Secretary Joe Donahue says it will take seven years to build the bridge and during that time the state will look for additional funding to lower the cost of the tolls…
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A state audit of the LSU athletic department found the Tigers football program generated 105 million dollars for the fiscal year that ended last June. That’s 18-million dollars more than the previous year and Brian Kelly’s program recorded a net profit of 54-million dollars, nearly a 50-percent increase from 2022. State auditor John Tiebaud…
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The LSU football program received a commitment last night from four-star offensive lineman Devin Harper from Calvary Baptist High School. He’s considered the third best player in the state for the Class of 2025.

Governor Jeff Landry’s Economic Development and Fiscal Policy Council has recommended the state should begin the process of phasing out corporate and personal income taxes. Louisiana Department of Revenue Secretary Richard Nelson, expects the governor to take a long look at this recommendation
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Tax reform will have to wait until next year, when legislators hold a fiscal session.

Exonerated Death Row Survivor, Michael Graham Jr died has passed. He served 14 years on Louisiana’s death row until DNA cleared him of murdering a Union Parish couple in 1986. Executive Director of Death Penalty Action, Abe Bonowitz says Graham died in poverty in Virginia
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Bonowitz says the Graham family has established the Michael Graham Legacy Fund and there’s also a Go Fund Me page in his memory.