Hollywood South has taken a major hit over the past year since the legislature passed a measure that puts a cap on Louisiana’s film tax incentives. That’s according to Celtic Media Centre Executive Director Patrick Mulhearn. He says what’s scaring films away is the manner in which lawmakers capped the movie credits…
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Mulhearn says film executives are choosing to spend their money in states & nations where they know for sure obligations will be honored. He says the biggest film union in Louisiana reports that only 37% of their members are employed right now…
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Those who support the film industry tax program cap say the tax credits were costing the state more than what its worth.

A proposed bill would establish the process by which pharmacies go about selling medical marijuana, including a 5-thousand dollar application fee. Halen Doughty has more…
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Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne went before the Senate finance committee and heard this question…
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Jonesboro Senator Jim Fanin wanted to know if the state has really found 40-million dollars worth of savings in the department of health and hospitals budget. Dardenne says the numbers are real. The 40-million in savings is part of the 70-million dollars cut from this fiscal year’s budget.