New Orleans Representative Walt Leger is urging Governor Bobby Jindal to veto legislation that would cap the state’s film tax credit at $180 million…
CUT 2 (30) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

The latest Red River update has the river below flood stage in Shreveport and Bossier for the first time in weeks at 30 feet, and that’s some good news…
CUT 16 (06) Q: ‘deal with’
That’s Mario Valverde with the National Weather Service.
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A New Orleans couple is under arrest after they allegedly left their disabled 24 year -old daughter alone in a van for about 4 hours while they did some gambling in a casino. Kenner Police Lt. Brian McGregor says 71-year-old William Jackson and 62-year-old Paula Jackson are each charged with cruelty to the infirm, even though they said they would periodically check on their daughter…
CUT 5 (08) Q: “kids at risk”
Paramedics report the daughter was not injured.

All of the rain that’s hit southwest Louisiana is making things tough on the rice crop. LSU AgCenter extension agent Barrett Courville says wet conditions are very conducive to the development of leaf blast disease and other problems with the rice crop…
CUT 7 (08) Q: ‘2012’
He says almost half of the soybean crop in Southwest Louisiana is a total loss.