President Trump announced plans for a ten-percent tariff on all imports into the United States today. Trump says some countries will be hit with a 50-percent tariff for what he says is payback for unfair trade practices. U-N-O economics professor Dub Lane says while countries will pay a tax on the goods they export to the United States, those extra costs will end up being passed along to the consumer.
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Governor Jeff Landry has enacted a hiring freeze across Louisiana’s executive branch of government from April 11th until June 30th. Landry says it will save the state 20 million dollars. The executive order comes just a few days after the failure of Constitutional Amendment 2, which could result in a decline in teacher salaries.
A warrant has been issued for a Slidell man after investigators say he forced his way into a home and assaulted a woman. Lieutenant Suzanne Carboni says St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies responded to the home U-S Highway 190 East, learning that 52-year-old Tyrone Mercadel had kicked in the door and attacked the woman.
Cut 6 (08) “…actively fighting them.”
Carboni says in self-defense, the woman fired two shots, hitting Mercadel in the leg.
Experian has teamed up with LSU women’s basketball star Flau’jae Johnson to help relieve five-million dollars of consumer debt for five-thousand families in Louisiana. Christina Roman with Experian says the partnership is perfect since Experian and Johnson both promote financial literacy…