Reforming the state’s film tax credit program is expected to be a major topic in the upcoming legislative session, and some lawmakers will point to the number of jobs it has created. But LSU Economist Dr. Loren Scott just completed a study for the State Department of Economic Development that shows the increase in jobs, but also came with a $171 million dollar price tag…
cut 10 (05) “jobs as well”

The Department of Health and Hospitals says Louisiana has cut the rate of Tuberculosis cases by more than half from 2010 to 2014. DHH TB Control Program Director Charles DeGraw says that puts us 12 percent below the national case rate…:
cut 13 (10) “over that period of time”
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Republican Congressman Charles Boustany announces that a contract has been awarded to build a new VA clinic in Lafayette…
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A man who was tree-sitting in City Park in New Orleans to block the construction of an upscale golf course, has fallen out of a large cyprus tree. It is believed the man-who is identified as Lloyd Boover-may have broken an ankle and his nose from the fall. Authorites reportedly patrolled his protest, and continuously shined a spotlight on him at night. Boover is expected to be charged with trespassing.