New campaign finance numbers show Governor Edwards is collecting more cash than his opponents. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The state budget surplus for the last fiscal year has risen to an anticipated 500 million dollars…
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Governor Edwards continues to raise more money than his two Republican challengers. New campaign finance reports show Edwards raised one-point-seven-million dollars in the latest quarter and has nearly six-million dollars available as he tries to avoid a runoff. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross…
Edwards raised twice as much as Republican challenger Ralph Abraham. The Congressman has one-point-four million in cash on hand and Cross says if Abraham gets in a runoff, he will have few available dollars…
Republican businessman Eddie Rispone, who finished third in two recent independent polls, has six-point-three-million dollars in cash on hand after loaned his campaign another one-point-five million dollars. Cross says Rispone needs to spend all of that money
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The Louisiana Craft Brewers Guild wants to see more local brews sold at Tiger Stadium. Currently, the only Louisiana beer on sale inside Death Valley is Abita’s Strawberry Lager. And Guild executive director Cary Koch says of the seven beers offered, two are from a neighboring state.
Koch says they got the numbers to prove that the beers they would have in the stadium would do even better for sales, profit margins, and revenue.
LSU senior associate athletic director Robert Munson says fan input went into the selection of beers that are on sale in the stadium, and different beers will soon be added. Koch hopes LSU will make the right decision.
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Louisiana will have a projected 500-million dollar surplus for the last fiscal year, up from the previous estimate of 300 million dollars. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says there are two reasons for the rising surplus, starting with the 2017 federal tax reform.
The money will be used to pay down retirement debt, fill the state savings account, and certain construction projects.
Dardenne says they plan to use some of the funds to replenish the state’s “Rainy Day” fund, which was drained in the Jindal years.
Cut 10 (07) “…operating needs.”
New Orleans Representative Walt Leger says thanks to recent surpluses they’ve returned 232 million dollars to the state savings account.
Critics say the surplus is evidence that the Governor’s .45 percent sales tax increase was ultimately unnecessary. House Republican Chairman Lance Harris…
Harris says the Edwards Administration’s claims that the surplus is thanks to a growing economy are misleading at best.
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A statewide charity is encouraging those hunters that need to clear their freezers of last year’s bounty to donate that meat to those that may be less fortunate. Hunters for the Hungry executive director Julie Grunewald says Clean Out Your Freezer Day will be held this weekend, with various donation points around Louisiana.
Grunewald says they are hoping to double the already massive amounts of donations received last year.
Cut 14 (09) “around 4000 pounds.”
Grunewald says being in sportsman’s paradise, there are many different meats they see donated.
Cut 15 (10) “…those less fortunate.”
For more details on drop off locations, visit cleanoutyourfreezer.com.