U-S Senator Bill Cassidy says the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act approved by Congress does more than just cut taxes for working families. Cassidy says the legislation also allows victims of last year’s floods in North and South Louisiana to deduct all of their personal casualty losses from their taxable income, which could mean thousands of dollars…
cut 3 (08) “…recovery costs”
Cassidy says the bill also doubles the Child Tax Credit to two-thousand dollars.

A River Ridge vet has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing her neighbor’s dog, because of excessive barking. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto says 35-year-old Kelly Folse is facing animal cruelty and unrelated drug charges. He says this is a disturbing case…:
Cut 7 (06) “the top”
Folse has also been fired from her job at the vet hospital.

Governor John Bel Edwards held an end of the year press conference today and set a deadline of January 19th for an agreement in principle with House Republican leaders regarding the one-billion dollar budget deficit. If no agreement, then the governor will not call a special session to approve various proposals to close the budget gap…
cut 10 (08) “…revenue will grow too”
Edwards says if they are unable to reduce the deficit, he’ll have no chose but to propose deep cuts to education and health care.

This could be a record breaking sugarcane crop. The great crop means the grinding season could continue until mid January. LSU Ag Center sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois says the bumper crop can be attributed to favorable weather conditions…:
Cut 12 (11) “dry harvest”
2012 as of now remains the record breaking year for the industry with more than 84-hundred pounds per acre harvested.