Governor John Bel Edwards’s budget proposal is coming under heavy fire from GOP and business leaders across the state. Matt Doyle has the story…
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Louisiana has a new tourism slogan. Kelley Ray tells us what it is…
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A study from Pennington Biomedical Research finds walking just ten minutes a day brings great health benefits. Jeff Palermo spoke with Dr. Tim Church about what they discovered…
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Governor John Bel Edward’s worst-case-scenario budget is making waves across the state, from both inside, and outside of government. The budget is the result of the expiration of a billion dollars in sales taxes this summer, and Edwards says the revenue will need to be replaced to avoid the deep cuts. State Treasurer John Schroder says he doesn’t think the public is willing to pay more taxes…
Schroder says if the state was more transparent about how it spends money, then it wouldn’t have to turn so often to tax increases…
Schroder is pushing a plan to have state agencies post their expenditures online.
The governor’s proposal to fill the billion dollar gap leans heavily on eliminating tax breaks for businesses. President of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Stephen Waguespack, says Edwards refuses to consider spending cuts…
Waguespack says the governor is using scare tactics to push through his legislative agenda…
The state has until July 1st to address the fiscal cliff.
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“Feed Your Soul” is the new brand Louisiana will use to promote tourism to the state. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser hopes the slogan will target travelers who are in constant pursuit of enjoyment…
Feed Your Soul replaces Pick Your Passion, which has been used for the past seven years. Nungesser says the new brand is the culmination of six months of rebranding research and analysis and the goal is to bring visitors who want to be in the moment…
Nungesser says the new brand will be rolled out on Mardi Gras Day with branded Louisiana: Feed Your Soul food trucks serving the taste of Louisiana in Atlanta, Houston, Dallas and Washington D-C to potential travelers…
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A study from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center finds that walking, even if only ten minutes per day, can be beneficial. Dr. Tim Church says a group of 464 women who walked for 72 minutes a week for six months improved their heart health and fitness…
Church cautions if you are looking to lose weight, you might need to exercise more than just ten minutes a day. A person’s metabolism can be elevated for one to three days following a workout. Church says this short burst of exercise is a start…
Church says even a daily ten minute walk can improve your health and make your quality of life better in your senior years…
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Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis is right around the corner, so when will New Orleans host it’s 11th NFL Championship Game? President and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, Jay Cicero, says Super Bowl host sites are booked through 2022, but New Orleans would like to host the game in 2023…
New Orleans put in attractive bids to host the Super Bowls in 2018 and 2019, but lost to Minneapolis and Atlanta, who have new stadiums. Cicero says they’re not sure what the NFL will be looking for when they ask for bids for the Super Bowl in 2023.
Generally, teams who have either built a new stadium, or moved to a new city will get offered the game strait up, without having to bid against other teams.
They are building a new stadium in Las Vegas, which will make them an attractive host city for the Super Bowl. Cicero says since a lot of the new stadiums have hosted Super Bowls he hopes New Orleans will get to land one after 2022.
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The next few years will see Atlanta, Miami, Tampa, and Los Angeles host.
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The LHSAA Annual Convention convenes today and on Friday, high school principals will vote on a number of proposals. A vote will NOT be taken on whether to end the split playoff in football. But North Vermilion Principal Tommy Byler has a proposal to even up the number of schools that play each classification in an effort to prevent one or two win teams from making the playoffs on the non-select side…
Separate brackets for public and private schools went into effect with the 2013 football season. The number of championship games went from five to nine. Many are not happy with the split, but Byler says the split is not going away, so he’s just trying to make it better by not having one and two-win teams make the playoffs…
There is a proposal on Friday to end the playoff split in basketball, baseball and softball. Byler says as a member of the executive committee, he made the proposal on behalf of basketball coaches around the state…
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