Mardi Gras season kicks into full swing this weekend and Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control agents will hit the streets to curb businesses from selling alcohol and tobacco to underage persons. Eric Gill reports…
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According to the American Automobile Association, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in Louisiana has climbed back to over $2.00 a gallon. Eric Gill has more…
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“Powerball-mania” continues to grow as Saturday’s jackpot rises to a whopping $380 million. Louisiana Lottery Spokesperson Kimberly Chopin says this is the sixth largest jackpot in Powerball history. She says the jackpot could increase even more based on ticket sales…
She says the largest Powerball jackpot, $590 million, happened in May of 2013. Chopin says it’s been a while since Louisiana has had a jackpot winner and some “Mardi Gras Mojo” would definitely be appreciated…
Saturday’s jackpot has a cash value of $256.8 million. Chopin says it only takes one ticket to win, so please play responsibly. She reminds players that you can become a “Powerball Millionaire” without hitting the jackpot…
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Mardi Gras season kicks into full swing this weekend with parades scheduled all across Louisiana and Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control agents will hit the streets to curb businesses from selling alcohol and tobacco to underage persons. Commissioner Troy Hebert says his office understands that alcohol and Mardi Gras go hand-in-hand…
Hebert says part of their mission is to ensure that everyone has a safe, fun Mardi Gras season. He says agents will concentrate on keeping alcohol and tobacco products out of the hands of underage persons. Hebert says during the Mardi Gras season, ATC really steps up their compliance checks of businesses along parade routes statewide…
Hebert says ATC issued 69 citations last Mardi Gras to businesses selling alcohol and tobacco to underage persons. He says statistically they have seen a decrease in sales to minors and hopes that trend continues this year. Hebert says it’s important that employees selling alcohol know how to quickly identify whether a person is underage…
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The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in Louisiana has climbed back to over $2.00 a gallon. According to the American Automobile Association, the average price for a gallon of regular in the Bayou State is $2.01. AAA fuel analyst Don Redman says it was expected that fuel prices would increase as we head into spring…
Redman says the price of gas has increased about 10-percent over the last two weeks. He says you can expect to find the price at the pump continue to rise in the coming months. But Redman says the US Department of Energy is forecasting that gas prices will remain below $3.00 a gallon…
Redman says we’re paying more than a dollar a gallon less than we did just a year ago. He says gas prices will probably average between $2.50 to $2.75 a gallon for much of 2015…
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The Jindal administration proposes 61-million dollars in cuts to various state agencies and using 43-million dollars in stopgap funds to fill a 103-million dollar revenue shortfall for this fiscal year. Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols says the cuts will eliminate certain state contracts, plus museums and state parks will be impacted…
Nichols says the joint legislative committee on the budget will have its opportunity to approve the governor’s revised budget plan at their meeting on February 20th….
Nichols says the mid-year cuts they propose will not lead to significant lay-offs in state government, critical health services for patients will be maintained and there are no cuts to higher ed. But she says significant cuts to public colleges and health care are on the table for next fiscal year….
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