Louisiana native Laine Hardy is on the door step of winning American Idol. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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President Donald Trump will be in Louisiana tomorrow to tour Sempra Energy’s Cameron LNG Export Facility in Cameron Parish. White House official says the trip will highlight the president’s efforts to create jobs in the energy industry. Following the trip to southwest Louisiana, the President will attend a big fundraiser in New Orleans.

And there’s a large cybersecurity summit in Shreveport that’s hosted by Governor John Bel Edwards.

A House Committee approves legislation to roll back the state sales tax from 4.45 percent to four-percent. Alexandria Representative Lance Harris says he authored the bill, because the state’s budget is growing and the average taxpayer is not seeing a benefit…
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The Edwards administration opposes the legislation. Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson says an improving economy is creating budget surpluses and rolling back the state sales tax will make it more difficult to fund state services.

Federal funds will help pay for research in Louisiana to see if there’s a link between blood sugar levels and mid-life brain health. Doctor Owen Carmichael with LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center says the researchers will use MRI and PET scans to take measurements in the brain, looking for the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s.
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