TOPS recipients are preparing to pay nearly 60-percent of their tuition for the spring semester, and state leaders say they are committed to making sure that doesn’t happen again next year. Jeff Palermo has more…
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TOPS is expected to be a topic on the governor’s monthly call-in show. The governor will take your calls on many of these same stations at 2 PM. Joining him in the studio will be the first lady, Donna Edwards.

Before the show, there’s a court hearing regarding the L-G-B-T executive order dispute between the governor and Attorney General Jeff Landry.

Some state lawmakers are upset the Office of Motor Vehicle is no longer accepting cash as a form of payment. OMV Commissioner Karen St. Germain says accepting cash has become a burden for OMV workers, because they are on the hook if they come up short. Jonesboro Senator Jim Fannin says this is not a valid reason for why the change was made…
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The I-T service company called C-S-R-A has moved into its new 96-hundred square foot facility at the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson hopes this new high tech center will attract more cyber companies to Louisiana…
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C-S-R-A already employs 400 individuals, but plan to increase its workforce to 800 by June 2018.