Saints QB Drew Brees will require surgery that will keep him out for the next six weeks after tearing ligament in his hands early in the Saints 27-9 loss against the Rams in LA yesterday. Brees will be replaced by backup QB Teddy Bridgewater who threw for 165 yards on 17/30 passing attempts. Brees appears set to return for the team’s first game against Atlanta November 10th.
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Voters will have four constitutional amendments to decide on when they head to the polls next month. The first would create a property tax exemption for certain goods for oil and gas companies. Public Affairs Research Council Policy Director Steven Procopio says it would clear up a federal constitutional debate for local companies.
Opponents say it’s another tax giveaway to big oil.
An independent poll of Louisiana voters shows an overwhelming majority, 82 percent, say TOPS should be a state funding priority. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat, who conducted the survey, says those kinds of numbers make it clear that voters will not accept any excuses for why the program needs to be shaved from lawmakers.
The program currently costs the state around 300 million dollars a year.