A bill will be presented during the regular session to place a proposition on the October ballot to legalize online fantasy sports betting in Louisiana. Kelley Ray has more.
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The Manship School at LSU is letting Louisianans take a crack at solving the fiscal cliff with an online game. Matt Doyle has more.
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President Trump is calling for tariffs on steel and aluminum. Jeff Palermo finds out how that would affect the Louisiana economy.
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Work anxiety is causing sleepless nights and are taking a heavy toll on employees. According to new research from Accountemps, 44-percent lose sleep over work due to a number of factors including overwhelming workloads, looming business problems and strained co-worker relationships. Spokesperson Carrie Lewis says Generation “Z” is more than likely to lie awake at night…
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The study identified 50-percent of respondents are overwhelmed with work and the amount of hours devoted to their job, which cause them sleepless nights. Lewis says unfortunately, many employees are afraid to bring this issue up with their boss…
Another 20-percent identified strained relationships with their co-workers. Lewis says this can lead to lower job satisfaction and higher turnover for the employer. She encourages employees to talk with their boss to try to solve the problem between you and your co-workers…
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The Manship School at LSU has created a game that lets taxpayers put forward their own plan on how to address the billion dollar fiscal cliff. “Solve The Budget” presents players with a list of budget items that can be cut or funded, and tax proposals that can be adopted to rejected to close the budget gap. Manship Dean Jerry Cepos is encouraging everyone to hop online and give it a try.
Budgetary issues are not easy to digest, just ask the legislators from the recent failed special session, but Cepos says the game will help players understand the big ticket budget issues.
Early results from the first 1700 people to play are mixed, with only Medicaid reform and some tax proposals receiving a noticeable level of support. Cepos says last year, support for one category stood out.
The website is solvethebudget.com
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Jefferson Parish Representative Kirk Talbot has filed a bill for the regular session, that would let voters decide in October if internet fantasy sports betting should be legal in Louisiana. The issue dates back to a 1991 attorney general opinion concluding that fantasy draft games done over the phone were illegal and by expansion, now includes websites such as Draft Kings and Fan Duel. Talbot argues this proposition would not expand mainstream gambling…
Currently, there is a clause on the Draft Kings website that says quote, “Legal residents of the Excluded States are eligible to open and maintain accounts on the Website for use only in games that do not offer prizes”. Talbot says it’s time to allow Louisiana players to participate so they can win cash prizes…
Opponents might say they don’t want another mode of gambling to come to Louisiana, but Talbot says legalizing online sports betting would provide the state with another source of revenue…
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The Trump Administration is backing a plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The plan is aimed at making American metal production more competitive at home, but Director of State Projects at the nonpartisan Tax Foundation Scott Drenkard says as a port state, the proposal hits Louisiana particularly hard.
The Tax Foundation estimates the tariffs would cost the US 9 billion dollars a year.
Much of Louisiana’s economy is dependent on the imported goods that crowd our docks. Drenkard says if history holds up, many of those jobs could be at risk.
Drenkard says while some jobs may be saved as a result, consumers would notice a price increase on many of their favorite goods.
The tariffs would tax steel at 25 percent, and aluminum at 10 percent.
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Conference tournament time begins tonight for UNO, ULM and Louisiana Tech. The 10th seeded Bulldogs will face North Texas tonight in Frisco, Texas in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament. Eric Konkol’s team enters postseason play on a four-game losing streak
Louisiana Tech won two tournaments during the regular season…the Cancun Challenge and the New Orleans shootout. Konkol hopes that experience pays off as they’ll need to win four straight games to claim the CUSA Tournament title…
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ULM gets another shot at Arkansas State tonight in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament in New Orleans . The Warhawks finished the regular season by losing to the Red Wolves 83-79. ULM Coach Keith Richard says they trailed by 18 points at half and their second half rally came up short…
ULM features the Sun Belt Freshman of the Year. Michael Ertel from Indianapolis is averaging 12 points a game and he’s shooting 37-percent from three point territory. Richard says Ertel was a major factor in their success during the second half of the Sun Belt schedule…
ULM is led in scoring by Travis Munnings and Sam McDaniel. Each is averaging 16 points a game. Richard says these two need to play well in order for the Warhawks to make some noise