The head of the Tiger Athletic Foundation is waiting to see what kind of impact the federal tax reform legislation will have on college athletics. TAF President Rick Perry says LSU season ticket sales for their major sports could be impacted since fans will no longer be able to deduct 80 percent of their donations to the athletic program for the right to buy season tickets…
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Perry says the tax overhaul has so many ramifications that’s too early to tell if it will lead to fewer people making donations, therefore fewer season tickets sold.

Do you think the federal tax bill will lower your taxes? According to a statewide poll, only 19-percent of the respondents believe it will. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat says this legislation will have a major impact on next year’s midterm elections.

Governor John Bel Edwards says he told former State Police Superintendent Mike Edmonson he can live in a taxpayer funded home near L-S-P headquarters….
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A recent state audit says Edmonson may have violated state law by living at the public home from 2008 to 2017. Edwards says he is concerned about some of the other accusations in the audit that allege Edmonson abused his power and was involved in illegal activity.

The state Office of Behavioral Health recommends against giving lottery tickets or other gambling products to children as Christmas gifts. Director of Problem Gambling Services, Quinetta Womack, says lottery tickets as a stocking stuffer can help promote problem gambling and there are much better gifts to give…
cut 6 (09) “…healthy choices”