A report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds Louisiana has one of the biggest wage gaps between its richest and poorest residents. Director of the Louisiana Budget Project Jan Moeller says the Bayou State has the fourth highest rate of income inequality in the country…:
Cut 13 (09) “very richest”
He hopes the legislature will look at ways to make Louisiana’s tax system a little more fair.

The Hammond Police Department and the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office were raided by the FBI this morning. The reasons have not been released, but we have this statement from Craig Betbeze (Bet-Be-Zee) who is a spokesman for the FBI…:
CUT 20 (08) “at this time”
We’ll have more on this as it develops.

Doctors at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston announced today that wounded East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputy Nick Tullier is fully conscious and doing well in recovery. Medical Director of the Disorders of Consciousness Program, Dr. Sunil Kothari, says they believed Tullier would be in a vegetative state when he arrived, but he was not…:
Cut 10 (11) “fully conscious”
Tullier’s father, James, celebrated the announcement with the doctors, saying Christmas has come early.

WWL-TV is reporting that New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is going to meet with President-elect Donald Trump today in New York. They say the mayor was invited under his title as vice president of the United States Conference of Mayors. The two will discuss public safety and infrastructure.