The Louisiana Community and Technical College System is consolidating 8 campuses due to budget problems. System President Monty Sullivan says consolidating these campuses will save money. He says it’s their hope students in the system will see very little change.

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The Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association is urging lawmakers to change the state’s film tax credit program. Board member Jim Hornbeak says the film industry has supported 13-thousand jobs with an average salary of $60-thousand a year. He’s hoping to see some tweaks in the existing film tax credit cap.

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In 2015, the film tax credit program was capped at $180 million a year.

ExxonMobil announces a $20 billion investment in the Gulf that has implications for Louisiana. Baton Rouge Refinery Manager Mark Northcutt says they’ve already invested $200 million in Baton Rouge facility that produces aviation lubricants.

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Northcutt says they hope to grow their facilities in the Bayou State.

Louisiana parents can now make child support payments through MoneyGram at retail stores like WalMart, CVS and Albertsons. Director of Child Support Enforcement with DCFS Lydia Scales says this is a more convenient way to pay rather than purchasing stamps and mailing in money.

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Other states are already using MoneyGram for cash child support payments.