This week US Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy met with White House officials seeking an additional $2 billion for flood recovery. Kennedy says he’s thankful for the financial assistance Congress has provided to flood victims, but it is not enough to help the middle class and small businesses fully recover.
Cut 5 (07) “hand out”
Congress has already appropriated $1.6 billion in flood recovery.

Lawmakers will begin pouring over Governor John Bel Edwards’ proposed Commercial Activity Tax on Monday. The corporate tax would replace tax revenue scheduled to fall off the books next year when a one-cent sales tax expires. Edwards says the CAT will make sure businesses pay their fair share.
Cut 13 (10) “work for”
A television ad supporting the governor’s tax plan is scheduled to run next week.

The Louisiana National Guard says the burn chamber at Camp Minden will be leaving soon. The burn chamber has completed burning thousands of tons explosive material that was left abandon by Explo Systems. There was talk of keeping the chamber operational at Camp Minden to burn more hazardous materials. But area residents opposed such an idea. The Guard says the burn chamber will not be used again at Camp Minden.

LSU’s spring game is tonight inside Tiger Stadium tonight. There will be several inexperienced wide receivers on the field. Senior DJ Chark is the only one with a lot of experience catching passes on Saturdays in the fall. Quarterback Danny Etling says the young wide outs have made progress during the spring…
Cut 19 (17) “go a long”