Louisiana had it’s biggest drop in prison population in over a decade from 2016 to 2017. Jeff Palermo has more.
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A low pressure system near Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula could bring the Gulf Coast wet weather for the Memorial Day weekend. State Climatologist Barry Keim.
A big win for the Big Easy as the city has been awarded the 2024 Super Bowl. New Orleans officials say the last Super Bowl, in 2013, had a 480 million dollar economic impact, and Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation President Jay Cicero confirmed that the city and state had to provide an economic incentive package to seal the deal.
The House Ways and Means committee held its first hearing of the special session and it became more of a gripe session. Republicans on the panel criticized the Edwards administration for vetoing a budget in the regular session, and expressed concerns about raising revenues, instead of finding savings. Oil City Representative Republican Jim Morris says he’s concerned that relying on taxes alone to plug the budget gap will just lead to further tax increases in the future if the budget balloons.