Louisiana’s Senior U-S Senator Bill Cassidy says the Senate’s Tax Reform plan will grow the economy and cut personal income taxes. Jeff Palermo has more…
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A long time coach and referee in Jefferson Parish has been arrested for indecent behavior with a juvenile. Emelie Gunn has more…
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, supports the Senate’s GOP tax plan which was unveiled on Thursday. Cassidy says the proposed legislation would help families and help businesses grow by cutting taxes and simplifying the tax code. He says a family of four would see a tax cut of over 14-hundred-dollars…
In Louisiana, the plan would retain the 2002 Historic Tax Credit which support 38,000 jobs and two-billion-dollars in development, keep the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and preserve a tax deduction that encourages energy producers to make investments in the Gulf Coast. Cassidy says this bill needs bipartisan support to help all Americans…
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A program called WorkReady U is attempting to grow Louisiana’s workforce by helping to educate the 600-thousand Louisiana’s adults who do not have a high school diploma. Jason Beard is the senior manager for a nonprofit group called Educational Testing Service, which offers adults looking to better their education a chance at passing the High School Equivalency Test…
Beard says it doesn’t matter where you live in the state, Work Ready U can get you the training so that you can pass the HiSET test and find employment…
The difference in wages between those having a high school diploma and those that don’t is some 16-thousand-dollars a year. Recent graduate Erica Carboni says she finished the course in a month and a half and raised her learning level to an 11th grade equivalency. She now has bigger dreams on her horizon…
More information can be found online at yes-u-can-dot-l-a.
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Two elderly people were killed after a logging truck struck their vehicle in Beauregard Parish Thursday. State Police Sgt. James Anderson says 86-year-old Elaine Picard and passenger 82-year-old William Picard were at a stop sign, when they pulled out onto Highway 112 east of DeRidder …
The driver of the log truck is 68-year-old Charles Davis of DeRidder. Davis was transported to Rapides Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. Anderson says everyone was wearing their seatbelts, but due to the magnitude of this accident, the safety measure did not help…
No drugs or alcohol impairment is suspected.
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A jury in Rapides Parish found 17-year-old Donasty Cohen guilty of manslaughter in the death of her 27-day-old baby. District Attorney Phillip Terrell says the infant’s father, 17-year-old Kenneth Anderson, is currently in jail awaiting trial. He says Cohen will be sentenced on December 4th.
The coroner ruled 27-day-old Ashtyn’s death a homicide due to blunt force trauma to his body and head. Terrell says both parents were 16-years-old when the crime happened in 2015. He says Cohen was showed little emotion….
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The LSU football team will have an early wake up call on Saturday as they’ll host Arkansas for an 11 AM kick-off inside Tiger Stadium. Tigers Head Coach Ed Orgeron says he’s already told his team that the morning kick-off can’t be used as an excuse not to play well…
LSU still has a chance to win 10 games this season, which would be the first time since the 2013 season that they’ve reached double digits in victories. Meanwhile, Arkansas is trying to avoid a losing record for the year. Orgeron says the Razorbacks will come into Tiger Stadium believing they can win…
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There are dozens of Veterans Day ceremonies around the state this weekend to honor the men and women who have fought for our freedom. State Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Col. Joey Strickland says the best way the public can honor a veteran is by saying thanks…
Strickland says Veterans Day is always a special day here in Louisiana because of the military history attached to the Bayou State…