As boycott parties raged across New Orleans, Who Dats turned off the Super Bowl in record numbers. Neilson, who installs equipment that tracks what select TV watchers are tuning into, noted just over a quarter of New Orleans market watchers tuned in, for a score of 26.1. The 44.9 national rating was the lowest in a decade, LSU Assistant Professor of Digital Advertising Jun Heo, says local resentment likely played a part in that.
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Another government shutdown is looming in a couple of weeks, if funding is not secured for a Southern border wall. Republican Senator Bill Cassidy filed legislation that would take money seized from drug cartels and us it to pay for a southern border wall. Cassidy says the Department of Treasury Forfeiture Fund averages 842-million dollars annually and his proposal is to issue bonds in order to make billions of dollars for immediate improvements to border security…
For the second quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Louisiana Lottery has seen an uptick in contributions to the state treasury, transferring over $53.9 million towards K-12 public education in the state. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Dustin Annison says that’s nearly a $10 million increase from this time last year.
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Annison says the record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot from autumn had a big impact on the numbers. Annison says the year-to-date contributions of $94.6 million have exceeded what the Louisiana Lottery had budgeted and expected to give to the state by $16.8 million.
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