LRN Newscast 14:30 02-25-15

The snow made a guest appearance in North and north central Louisiana, and the National Weather Service says the white stuff was expected to leave the state around 4 PM. The amounts of the white stuff are still being measured in the northern parishes, but as for the Shreveport area…
cut 16 (09) “around there”
That’s Travis Washington from the National Weathwer Service Office in Shreveport.

The audit rates of the IRS are getting lower, and experts blame the reduction on IRS funding. John Theriot from the Louisiana CPA Society says this will probably have a bigger effect on the IRS and their ability to collect taxes from people they do audit…
CUT 5 (07) “more aggressive”
Since 2010, the number of audits has dropped 20 percent.
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The Legislative Black Caucus calls on Governor Bobby Jindal to stay in Louisiana and deal with the state’s budget crisis. Eric Gill has more…
CUT 2 (29) “reporting”

The internal LSU audit of Dr. Bill Cassidy and his LSU teaching work has been completed, and the conclusions are that the newly elected Senator did not do anything improper. The report concluded that Cassidy -quote- “provided services equal to at least that of his compensation for his part-time educational work.” The audit was prompted by accusations raised in the recent Senate race.