Plenty of reaction to a federal judge’s preliminary ruling that the state’s Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Today Alexandria is having a Regional Litter Conference hosted by Keep Louisiana Beautiful to address the states litter problem. Sean Richardson has more.
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The Louisiana House has approved a bill to cut state income taxes. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Plenty of reaction after a federal court judge in Baton Rouge put the state’s Ten Commandments law on hold. Jabarie Walker, the political director at the ACLU of Louisiana, hailed Judge John deGravelles’ (de-GRAVEL) ruling, saying it ensures the separation of church and state.
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And Walker says part of that separation of church and state is keeping religion out of public schools.
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Walker says kids should be able to go to school without fear that a religion – especially one that they do not practice – will be pushed on them.
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In a statement, Attorney General Liz Murrill said she strongly disagrees with Judge DeGravelles’ decision and will immediately appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Keep Louisiana Beautiful is hosting Regional Litter Summits in Louisiana this week to address the state’s litter problem. KLB Executive Director Susan Russell says these summits, supported by Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, aim to increase support from local governments, partners, and elected officials in the effort to clean up Louisiana.
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The Alexandria summit is today at The Randolph Riverfront Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The next summit is Friday at the Lake Charles Event Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Russell says they want to understand challenges that local governments face in managing litter and explore ways to assist them. One solution is citations…
Additional summits are planned for December in areas including the Capital and Northshore, New Orleans and Houma, and Acadiana, expanding KLB’s effort statewide to build momentum for a cleaner Louisiana. Russell says they want to engage local communities…
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A woman claimed that her son had been kidnapped. The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office, however, determined it to be something else entirely. Major Mark LeBlanc says Artasia Viges (VEE-zhees) and her son, who’s less than five years old, had a disagreement while she was driving in Eunice.
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Major LeBlanc says Viges had claimed that people in an older model truck had kidnapped the little boy as she was attending to a flat tire. Investigators determined that story to be bogus.
LeBlanc says Viges made no effort to chase after her young son.
Viges was arrested on three charges – cruelty to juveniles, child desertion and false swearing for the purpose of violating public health or safety. Her bond is set at 200-thousand dollars.
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The Louisiana House has approved two significant pieces of Governor Jeff Landry’s tax plan. The first bill to head to the Senate for its approval is a measure reduce individual income taxes to a flat three-percent rate. Carencro Representative Julie Emerson is the sponsor of the bill…
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The bill passed on an 87-12 vote, with only Democrats voting against it. Cutting state income taxes will reduce state revenues by hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Landry administration is seeking to offset the revenue loss by taxing services currently not taxed and renewing a temporary sales tax that expires next year. But New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry says none of those bills have passed…
The Louisiana House also approved a bill to repeal the corporation franchise tax. Emerson says this is a tax that’s hurt economic development efforts in Louisiana…
Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs is expected to debate these bills on Friday.
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The LSU Tigers are trying to fix the mistakes that led to back-to-back losses to Texas A-and-M and Alabama. Is it the players or is it the coaches. Coach Brian Kelly says it’s a combination of both…
Even though LSU has two SEC losses, the Tigers still have a 16-percent of chance getting to the SEC Championship game according to ESPN. But a more realistic goal is to finish with another ten win seasons. Kelly says there’s also still plenty of time for development…
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The ULM Warhawks enter this Saturday’s football game against Auburn on a three-game losing streak. Coach Bryant Vincent says his team is going through a tough time, but they still have the potential to finish with a winning record
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The Warhawks are 23 and a half point underdogs against Auburn. Vincent says for ULM to stay close, they need to play well on third down…
Auburn is 3-and-6. Kick off is at 11:45 AM on Saturday.