A federal judge in Baton Rouge issues a temporary injunction against Louisiana’s law requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. Sean Richardson has more.
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A woman claimed that her son had been kidnapped. Investigators in St. Landry Parish, however, determined that the woman actually abandoned the little boy. Investigators say the woman and her son had a disagreement; and as she pulled the vehicle over, he jumped out before it came to a complete stop. They say the woman, Artasia Viges, made no effort to rein him back in and let him run off into the night along major roadways.
The Louisiana Chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses is speaking out against House Bill 9 in the special session, which calls for sales taxes to be imposed on 41 new services as a way to make up for the loss of revenue from lowering income taxes. State Director Leah Long says it’s not necessarily the passing along of the sales tax to the customer as much as it is the bookkeeping that will complicate things for these small business owners.
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Which Louisianians could be considered for President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet? LSU-Shreveport Political Science Professor Jeffrey Sadow (SAD-ow) says the most likely one to join the new Trump administration is State Education Superintendent Cade Brumley, who might be in consideration for Secretary of Education.