The current revenue forecast for state government will stay in place after Speaker Taylor Barras votes down an increase today in the Revenue Estimating Conference. The Senate and Governor were hoping to increase the forecast to approve 43 million in new spending after economists upgraded the state’s outlook. Barras says he’d rather wait until next year before approving additional spending.
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Three of the Conference’s four members voted in favor of the increase, which requires unanimous approval.
A new social media platform called First Responders Emergency Media outlet, or FREMO, has been unveiled by Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser. The website was initially conceptualized by a first responder. Nungesser says the service will be free to first responders and the cost of the website isn’t being put upon taxpayers.
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Louisiana has the second highest credit card burden in the United States according to a survey conducted by creditcards.com. Industry Analyst at creditcards.com Ted Rossman says a lot of the problem is low payments, and those paying off this average with minimum payments are in for a rude awakening…
According to the survey, the Bayou State’s income lags caused the average debt of $8,110 dollars to be paid off over 17 months with over $1200 dollars of interest paid.
The man who lost a challenge for the Melville Chief of Police, and allegedly punched an officer at a parade for the winner, has bonded out of jail. Cleven Clark denies that he assaulted the officer, and says police were harassing his family by running the parade in front of his house after the election, but Chief Anthony Moreau says you could see where the officer was struck.