A 2017 wreck that left a four-year-old girl dead is inspiring legislation for the upcoming session. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The feds have agreed to an April 16th deadline on providing an answer on when, and if RESTORE 2016 flood grant money will be available to those who took out SBA loans, A-K-A the “duplication of benefits” loophole. Congress passed a law last year that allowed those who obtained Small Business Administration loans for the purpose of repairing flood damage access to a federal flood relief grant, known as RESTORE.
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CenturyLink will keep it’s corporate headquarters in Monroe through 2025. The company, which employs over 2,200 workers in the state at a payroll of 200 million dollars, announced the agreement with Governor Edwards earlier today. Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says keeping CenturyLink in Monroe is vital for the state’s tech economy.
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CenturyLink is the second largest US communications provider to global enterprise customers.
The state needs new voting machines and a big election is coming up as we’ll vote on statewide offices and who will represent us at the State Capitol. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says they will rent voting machines for early voting and use spare parts to make sure the decades-old voting booths work properly on election day…
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