A new study conducted for the state by LSU economist Dr. Loren Scott shows the film tax credit program created nearly 13-thousand jobs, but cost Louisiana 171-million dollars last fiscal year. And Scott adds that many of the jobs produced do not benefit Louisiana…
CUT 11 (09) Q: “he spent”
The state’s film tax credit program is expected to face changes in the upcoming legislative session.

The Department of Health and Hospitals says Louisiana has cut the rate of Tuberculosis cases by more than half from 2010 to 2014. DHH’s Charles DeGraw says they have also reduced the percentage of TB cases with HIV infection from 10% in 2010 to 4 percent in 2014…:
CUT 14 (10) Q: “who have Tuberculosis.”
Republican Congressman Charles Boustany says a contract has been awarded to build a new VA clinic in Lafayette. Boustany says once construction begins, it will take 18 months to complete …:
CUT 6 (11) “long overdue”
However, Boustany says there is still no word from the VA on the construction of a new clinic in Lake Charles.

The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s office says two elephants were used to keep an 18-wheeler from overturning on I-49. Deputies say a truck carrying elephants from New Orleans to Dallas got stuck in the mud, when deputies arrived on the scene this morning, they were surprised to find the elephants on the side of the truck that was starting to tip over. The 18-wheeler was eventually pulled out of the mud and no citations were issued, and the elephants were uninjured.