A decision by the US District Court in Northern Division of Texas has ordered the IRS to repay Louisiana and five other states more than $839 million due to an unlawfully imposed fee on state Medicaid programs. It’s a decision Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is applauding as the IRS will have to repay the state over $172 million. Landry says fees were imposed on health insurance companies by the government for the influx of new customers.
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LSU’s defense is getting an added boost as highly touted cornerback Kristian Fulton has been reinstated effective immediately. He was serving a two-year suspension for tampering with a NCAA drug test. Head Coach Ed Orgeron delivered the good news following practice on Thursday
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Louisiana’s launching its new ad campaign that’s set to feature “Feed Your Soul” on social media in states around the country, and countries around the world. The campaign includes three videos featuring visitors tearing into po’boys, dancing zydeco, catchin bass, and more. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says says the tourism industry brings in 1.8 billion in taxes, which equates to 1,000 dollars in tax savings for each Louisiana family. He says they’ll be marketing the new movie trail that satisfies the Chinese appetite for American movies shot in the bayou.
And five LSU students are in the hospital with one sustaining serious injuries after being hit by a car on campus this morning around 930AM. The multivehicle crash ended up shoving one of the vehciles into a group of pedestrians standing on the sidewalk near the intersection of Nicholson and South Stadium, just west of Tiger Stadium. This is the second crash involving pedestrian students in the first week of classes alone.