The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is calling on whoever is elected as governor to hold a special session in 2020 to address the state’s transportation problems. BRAC Senior VP of Economic Competitiveness Liz Smith says the special session would produce funding for a new I-10 bridge in Baton Rouge and high-speed rail service between New Orleans and the capitol city…
cut 15 (13) :…things like hurricanes”

For years the Louisiana Treasury Department has returned unclaimed money and now they will do the same thing for lost military medals. Treasurer John Schroder says the state legislature gave his office that authority in the last legislative session…
Cut 7 (08) “of them.”
Medals and military documents left in deposit boxes or other depositories for five years after the lease expires will be handed over to the treasury’s unclaimed property division.

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy has co-authored legislation that would give parents of a newborn or adopted child the option of receiving a five-thousand-dollar tax credit during the first year of parenthood. Cassidy says the legislation is designed to encourage new parents to spend more time at home…
cut 12 (08) “….bonding is more”
If a parent takes the five-thousand-dollar tax credit, they’ll receive less of the annual child tax credit after the first year.

Louisiana Tech will build new residence halls to replace dormitories that date back to the 1940s. Assistant VP for student advancement Dickie Crawford says 600 new beds will be created, along with a thousand new parking spaces…
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The new halls will mean Harper, Mitchell, and Cottingham dorms will be discontinued by 2021.