As families celebrate Memorial Day with cookouts and crawfish boils, Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary, Joey Strickland encourages people to remember why they have the day off. Don Molino has more…
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A Baton Rouge Brewery will enlist several LSU fans to help choose the taste of the official beer of LSU. Halen Doughty has more…
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The regular legislative session ends in just one week, and the next special session will begin just 30 minutes later. Emelie Gunn has more…
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In honor of Memorial Day, Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary, Joey Strickland encourages families to honor those who have died in war. He says many brave Louisianans have fought for our freedom.
Strickland says no matter how people feel about the war, they should still honor our veterans. Strickland says there is plenty that people can do for our veterans to honor their sacrifice and salute their service.
Today at 3pm is the National Moment of Remembrance. Strickland says seven Louisianans have died defending freedom. He says it’s important to keep our veterans in mind as families are gathering for crawfish boils and cookouts.
Strickland says there are events celebrating veterans around the state today, including one he will speak at in the Port Hudson National Cemetery in Zachary. Governor Edwards is scheduled to speak at the Northeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Rayville. Other events today are also taking place at the Louisiana Veterans Cemeteries in Slidell and Keithville.
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Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser hopes for a lot of visitors to Louisiana throughout the summer season. He says this is the time of year to put our best foot forward with over 400 festivals statewide during the summer months. He says we have the best food, music, culture, and history but it’s our people that really set us apart from other states.
Louisiana is coming off of another record breaking year for tourism. Nungesser hopes the low gas prices will bring even more people in from other states.
Nungesser says the people of Louisiana make our visitors feel like family. He says even though the temperature is so hot during the summer months, that doesn’t stop people from traveling to our festivals or historic locations.
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LSU fans will help choose the taste of the official beer of LSU. Cofounder of Tin Roof Brewery in Baton Rouge, William McGehee, says people age 21 and over can go to TinRoofBeer.com to register to be part of a tasting panel that will select the new LSU brew from different ales and lagers.
McGehee says registration to be on the panel continues through June 8. He says the new beer should be ready in time for the start of the 2016 football season and be the perfect tailgating beer.
McGehee says Tin Roof Brewery was selected to brew the LSU beer after a series of conversations with LSU officials.
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In one week, lawmakers will end the regular session and begin another special session in the same day. Communications Director for Governor Edwards, Richard Carbo says responsible revenue raising measures will be a priority during this session, in order to ensure that TOPS, healthcare, K-12 education, and higher ed are fully funded.
Carbo says lawmakers were unable to raise enough revenue in the first special session to fully close the budget shortfall. He says the budget will be an important item during the session.
Carbo says there are some things that happened in the final minutes of the previous special session that need to be addressed, including exemptions that should have been placed on the sales tax increase.