It looks like the appetite just isn’t there for lawmakers to raise any more taxes. Governor John Bel Edwards asked legislators to increase revenue by 600-million dollars in this special session, but it appears the legislature will fall way short of that figure. Alexandria Representative Lance Harris says many legislators believe they’ve raised enough revenue…:
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The special session concludes at midnight on Thursday.

The head of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association says there are some encouraging signs for the struggling industry. LOGA President Don Briggs says one positive sign is that oil prices are near 50-dollars a barrel, after falling to 26-dollars in February…:
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In north Louisiana, Bossier Police are investigating the tragic deaths of a 3-year old boy and his twin sister who were both found unresponsive inside a pickup truck parked at their home. The chief issued a statement saying the mother called a neighbor to look for her children, then found them in the truck a short time later. They were both pronounced deceased.

The number of abortions that took place in 2015 fell 10-percent from the previous year. That’s based on numbers from the Louisiana Department of Health. Louisiana Right to Life spokesperson Ben Clapper says there were 93-hundred abortions last year, a decrease of about a thousand from the previous year. He credits pregnancy resource centers for the decline…:
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