Last night, hundreds gathered outside of the PMAC to honor the memory of gunned down LSU basketball player Wayde Sims. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
Cut 1 (33) “I’m Kevin Barnhart”
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Legislation fixing the duplication of benefits issue that’s impacted thousands of 2016 Louisiana flood victims from getting federal recovery grant dollars is heading to President Trump’s desk. Jeff Palermo has more..
It was a very emotional night outside of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center last night as hundreds showed up for vigil to remember LSU basketball player Wayde Sims. His teammate and lifelong friend Skylar Mays spoke for about 10 minutes
Sims was fatally shot last Friday by a 20-year-old man during a altercation involving several people near the Southern University campus.
Wayde’s father, Wayne Sims, spoke at the gathering and took time to address his son’s teammates.
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Sims says he hopes that others can learn something from his son’s death.
Cut 5 (10) “…somebody else’s life.”
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Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain is backing efforts to replace NAFTA with a new deal that would adjust some aspects of trade with Canada and Mexico. Strain says the deal would open up Canada to American dairy, incentivize more American automobile production, and increase standards for food coming in from south of the boarder…
The deal would mandate 40 to 45 percent of all car manufacturing take place in countries where workers make 16 dollars an hour.
13 percent of Louisiana’s exports went to Mexico last year, with five percent heading up north to Canada. Strain says considering how much we export to our neighbors, the more level playing field could help state growers compete.
The state is an exporting powerhouse, with five of the top 15 ports by tonnage residing within its borders. Strain says if approved, the new trade deal would help spur economic growth by giving a boost to some major Louisiana based corporations.
President Donald Trump supports the plan, which would first need to clear Congress before it could be put into law.
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There’s good news for 2016 flood victims who can not receive federal rebuilding grants through the Louisiana Restore Program, because they already received an S-B-A loan. Senator Bill Cassidy says legislation addressing the duplication of benefits issue has passed the senate and is heading to the President Trump’s desk…
Cassidy says he’s heard from many 2016 flood victims who did what they were told to do, only to find out they were not eligible for the millions of dollars in federal recovery grants…
Cassidy says he’s been working on this issue for two years and knew it would be difficult to get changed because of previous experience. He says they’ve had committee hearings and the Senator also brought up the problem with the SBA director…
The Louisiana Office of Community Development has said if SBA loans are removed from the duplication of benefits rule, than over six-thousand Louisiana homeowners could be eligible for about 215-million dollars in Restore grants.