In their budget proposal, the Jindal administration is willing to scale back 526-million dollars in tax credits for businesses. The governor has highlighted 12 tax credits that could become non-refundable which would give the state more money to spend. But the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, Amite representative John Bel Edwards, says legislators should look beyond those tax credits as a way to raise revenue…

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Chairman of the Republican House Delegation, state Representative Lance Harris of Alexandria is disappointed the governor didn’t suggest reeling back some of the film tax credits.

Some state lawmakers are looking at ways we can improve the state’s film tax credits. New Orleans Senator JP Morrell says they don’t want to lose the fact that Louisiana has become an industry film leader, but there are things that must be done to restore taxpayer confidence in the film tax credit program…

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In two weeks, students will take Common Core exams and Abbeville Representative Bob Hensgens has introduced a bill that will prohibit penalties if a student decided to opt out of the testing. Hensgens says the decision for a student to take these tests belong to the parent and not the government…

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Currently students who opt-out of the testing will be given a score of zero, which will be transferred to the performance score of schools and school districts.

Blind auditions on NBC’s The Voice continue tonight, but three contestants with Louisiana ties have already made it through. 22-year-old Rob Taylor, who lives in Donaldsonville, says his biggest musical influence is his grandmother…:

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Chalmette resident Tonya Boyd-Cannon and New Orleans native Meghan Linsey also passed the blind auditions.