Baton Rouge Representative Steve Carter says he has a better plan to raise money to fix roads and bridges in Louisiana. Jeff Palermo spoke with Carter…
Cut 1 (30) “I’m Jeff Palermo.”

A video posted by a Lafayette television station that shows a teacher being escorted and then handcuffed out of a Vermilion Parish School Board meeting has gone viral. Middle-school English teacher Deyshia Hargrave was quetioning the school superintendent’s salary versus teacher pay.
Congressman Steve Scalise of Metairie says there’s already evidence the recently approved Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is benefiting the economy. Scalise says he recently visited a local brewery in Hammond called Gnarley Barley. He says a husband and wife run the six-person operation and couldn’t provide health insurance for their workers until now…
cut 15 (10) “…this bill”

According to the National Federation of Independent Business, optimism among small business owners is at an all-time high. NFIB state director Dawn Starns credits the federal tax reform bill and regulatory relief provided by the Trump administration. But Starns says there are still some challenges…
cut 8 (09) “…across the nation”