Amazon is purchasing a Louisiana satellite communications company for nearly $12 billion. President and CEO of Greater New Orleans Inc, Michael Hecht, says it's great news for Covington-based Globalstar. "They have 400 employees in Louisiana. And now they're getting purchased by Amazon to be part of Amazon's low e...

Governor Jeff Landry is making the rounds on local talk shows touting his support for Constitutional Amendment 3 on the May 16th ballot. Amendment 3 eliminates three education trust funds and use the money contained in those funds to pay down retirement debt, which will give public school teachers and support workers a...

TOPS Opportunity and Performance award recipients would pay back their state-funded scholarship if they lost their scholarship under a bill that barely got out of the House Education Committee. Bossier City Representative Dennis Bamburg is the author of the bill. "If a student accepts TOPS funds, there is a respon...

Tax Day is here and hopefully you are ready. It can be a daunting task to gather documents and work through returns or get all the required information to a tax preparer on time. If you find yourself unprepared, CPA John Theriot with Malcolm Dienes in Metairie says you can file form 4868 for an extension. "That gi...

LSU suffered its second major season-ending injury during spring football as backup sophomore cornerback Aidan Anding tore his Achilles in Saturday's scrimmage. Disappointing news for the former Ruston High star, who suffered the injury while intercepting his second pass of the scrimmage. "He was playing great, he...