A Port Allen man is accused of trying to set a Baton Rouge home on fire Tuesday morning and there were four children inside. Baton Rouge Fire Department spokesperson Justin Hill says no one was injured and thanks to the work of several agencies they apprehended the suspect, 46-year-old Alfred Jarvis. Jarvis had two restraining orders again him and he allegedly threatened the occupants of the home two days before he tried to set it on fire….
The current 75-thousand-dollar homestead exemption was set 45 years ago. St. Tammany Parish assessor Louis Fitzmorris says if the homestead exemption kept up with inflation from 1980, many homeowners would not pay property taxes.
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There was an effort in the last legislative session to increase the homestead exemption.
There has been concern that ULM was slashing its athletic budget, but KNOE-TV sports director Aaron Dietrich says that’s not the case. Andre Champagne reports…
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There are three well-known Republicans challenging Senator Bill Cassidy in next year’s U-S Senate race, but will there be a formidable Democratic candidate. LA-politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says Democrats would like to see former Governor John Bel Edwards run, but that’s unlikely…