Sweeping reciprocal tariffs from President Trump of 10-percent on all imports and higher rates on key trade partners, such as China and the E-U, has sparked concern across Louisiana industries. Sean Richardson reports.
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ULM students have voted to put a 75-dollar per fee on themselves with the money going to the school’s athletic department. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Bossier, Caddo and Webster Parishes are under a tornado watch until 9:00 tonight and tomorrow the severe weather threat expands statewide. LSU Public health climatologist Barry Keim…
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Heavy rainfall is a possibility with this storm system. Kein says north Louisiana could see two to three inches, while an inch of rain could fall along the coast…
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Keim says once after the cold front passes through, Louisiana will experience a big drop in temperatures…
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President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs of 10 percent on all imports and higher rates on key trading partners, such as China (34%) and the European Union (20%), has sparked concerns across Louisiana industries. Louisiana Restaurant Association President Stan Harris says it could cost more to eat out…
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Economists are concerned the tariffs could slow the U-S economy, and Harris says the restaurant industry is bracing for increased costs for essential goods.
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Harris says with the potential of costs going up, low-margin profitable businesses like restaurants like will have to do some belt-tightening..
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ULM students have approved a 75-dollar fee per semester that will generate 600-thousand dollars in its first year for the school’s athletic department. ULM Athletic Director John Hartwell says the fee goes into effect for the 2025 Fall Semester…
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Hartwell says they plan to use the money to install a new video board in Fant-Ewing Coliseum. The A-D says the new revenues will also go towards improving the well-being of their student athletes .
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The fee passed on a 711 to 650 vote. Hartwell says opponents to the athletic fee proposal said they do not attend athletics events or questioned the need to spend more money on sports. Hartwell says a successful athletic program improves the entire university…
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The family of a 73-year-old grandfather is pleading for his release after immigration enforcement agents took him into custody near his home in Lafayette while on his way to work. He’s at an ICE processing center in Evangeline Parish. The family says Jose Francisco Garcia Rodriquez has lived in the U.S. for 45 years since he fled Cuba. Rodriguez’s stepdaughter Christian Cooper Riggs posted this emotional plea on Facebook…
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Riggs says Rodriguez tried to become an official citizen for the last ten years, but because he committed a crime in the first couple of years after he arrived in the U.S., he’s been unsuccessful. She says for the last 43 years her stepfather has been a modeled immigrant…
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Rodriguez cares for his wife who has dementia. Riggs says she understands the United States has an immigration problem, but a 73-year-old man, who works and cares for his family and has lived in the United States for 45-years is not part of the problem…
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Riggs is asking for your prayers and if the public wants to get involved, they can contact their elected officials and ask for her step father’s release.