Will Wade’s name has surfaced again in the college basketball corruption case as evidence emerges of the LSU basketball coach allegedly offering 300,000 dollars in an effort to recruit Naz Reid. Matt Doyle has the story.
The House voted Monday to prohibit banks from refusing to do business with companies involved with gun and ammunition manufacturing sales. The proposal was made in Louisiana after Citibank and Bank of America enacted firearm restriction policies for customers in response to the deadly school shootings in Florida. The bill is sponsored by Republican Blake Miguez of Erath.
A bill that would partially roll back the Governor’s changes to the Industrial Tax Exemption Program advances to the House floor. The change would take the ability to grant the often substantial local property tax breaks to businesses away from local boards, like school boards.
Baton Rouge Representative Rick Edmonds says it’s scaring away business.
A Hepatitis A outbreak results in the first death reported in Louisiana from the virus. The highly contagious liver infection spreads primarily through close contact. Assistant State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says for those at high risk you can help prevent contracting the virus.
Cut 15 (07) “…an initial vaccine.”
State Health officials have not yet said where the death occurred.