The regular legislative session will come to a close in just one week and on that same day, legislators will begin a special session to address a 600-million dollar revenue shortfall. Communications Director for Governor Edwards, Richard Carbo, says the state will look at responsible revenue raising measures to ensure TOPS, healthcare, K-12 education and higher ed are fully funded…
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Carbo says they’ll also try to clean up the unintendenced consequences of the first special session, like collecting sales tax on Girl Scout cookies.
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser is hopeful that tourists will choose the Bayou State as their summer vacation destination to visit one of the 400 festivals that will occur across the state during the summer months. He hopes the low gas prices will bring in more people from other states.
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Five teams from Louisiana are in the NCAA Baseball Tournament. Jeff Palermo has the story…
According to organizers of the Bayou Country Superfest, attendance at the three-day country music festival dropped for the second straight year. 100-thousand people attended the seventh annual festival at LSU’s Tiger Stadium to see performances by country stars like Luke Bryan, Eric Church and Jason Aldean.