A company owned by entertainer 50 Cent finalizes a deal to invest almost 125-million dollars to develop three entertainment venues in Shreveport. The state is providing up to 50-million dollars in performance-based funding for these three sites. Grant Nuckolls with Shreveport Film and Entertainment Economic Development says there are conditions attached to this funding.

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Citing a decrease in uncertainty, small businesses are feeling more optimistic as 2026 gets underway. Leah Long, the Louisiana Director of the National Federation of Independent Business, says there are some issues that need to be addressed, however – including, and perhaps especially, swipe fees.

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Long says for example, some restaurants in the Baton Rouge area pay around 80-thousand dollars a year in swipe fees. 

A 28-year-old Jennings woman who lost her unborn child is facing criminal charges after investigators determine it was drug use that killed the child. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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Governor Landry announces on social media that Diversity, Equity and Inclusion requirements have been removed from the state’s Civil Service system. In his statement, Landry said the move ensures that all employment decisions for state agencies will be strictly based on merit. The move does not apply to private employers.