Congressman Troy Carter introduces a bill to help small and local businesses. Along with Mississippi Republican Mike Ezell (EE-zell), the New Orleans Democrat says his bill, the Capacity for Building Business Districts Pilot Program Act, sets up an opportunity to create grant programs to provide tailored assistance in both urban and rural areas.

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Kids in the Shreveport area needing some holiday cheer will get it tonight. The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office is teaming up with the Shreveport Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police for Shop with a Cop. F-O-P Treasurer Philip Escude (ESS-kuh-day) says this is something that law enforcement is looking forward to.

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40 kids were chosen through a vetting process. The festivities get underway at 5:30 this evening.

The sweeping tax reform package signed into law by Governor Jeff Landry heads to the people to vote on in March. Sean Richardson has more.

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It’s Day Two of the Prep Classic at the Superdome, with three games on the slate. Archbishop Shaw and E.D. White get things underway at noon today in the Division Two Select title game. That will be followed by the Division Three Select final between Dunham and Catholic New Iberia. The nightcap is the Division Two Non-Select title game between Franklinton and Cecilia. In yesterday’s action, Vermillion Catholic, South Plaquemine and Sterlington took home state titles.