At the beginning of the special session on tax reform, the state’s film tax credit program was on the chopping block. But Marrero Senator Patrick Connick says there’s an effort to preserve it. Connick says they are looking to lower the credit distributed to film producers each year from 180 million to 125-million dollars…
Governor Landry wants to scale back the film tax credit program and several other tax credits, to make up the difference in revenue if the state lowers the income tax rate
Senator Bill Cassidy is calling for flood insurance reform saying premiums that have increased by 234 percent are no longer affordable. He says FEMA is creating a program that is going bankrupt, but he says he has a plan to make the Nation Flood Insurance Program affordable, accountable, and sustainable…
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If you haven’t updated your driver’s license to a Real ID, time is running out. Andrew Greenstein is at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport with more.
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Starting in May, you can fly nonstop between Shreveport and Nashville. Mark Crawford, the airport business and development manager for the Shreveport Airport Authority, says Allegiant Airlines is offering twice-weekly non-stop flights between the two cities on a seasonal basis.
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Crawford says they had been trying to get this service for about eight years.