Governor Bobby Jindal’s budget for next fiscal year does not fund a presidential primary for Louisiana in 2016. Secretary of State Tom Schedler says by law, he has to to conduct elections, unless otherwise instructed…
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If they don’t, Schedler says he will have to cut costs for voter outreach, state museum hours, and consolidating election dates.

State Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret tells lawmakers it’s time to reign in the state’s film tax credit program. Moret says the state’s film program has created an estimated ten-thousand jobs and brought positive attention to the state, but it only produces 20-cents in revenue for every dollar of tax credit….
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LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab’s 2015 Louisiana Survey shows more Louisianians feel the state is heading in the right direction. Eric Gill reports…
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According to the Louisiana National Guard, they have received a total of 10 bids from companies to destroy about 75 hundred tons of M6 artillery propellant near Camp Minden. An evaluation team is being formed with a dialog committee, after some residents spoke out against the open burning method. The Guard says they may consider other methods.