The regular legislative session has passed the halfway mark and not much has been accomplished when it comes to solving the state’s problems. That’s according to Jim Beam, retired editor of the Lake Charles American Press, who has covered the capitol for decades, and says he’s never seen anything like it. Beam blames partisan politics, especially in the House Ways and Means Committee…:
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Beam says what makes this so frustrating is the next time lawmakers can raise revenues during a regular session is in 2019.

Today is the last day for residents to file their 2016 Louisiana individual income tax returns, which you can do online at revenue.louisiana.gov…:
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That’s state Department of Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson.

Today the state House takes up a controversial bill aimed at protecting Louisiana’s confederate monuments. Debates quickly became heated in committee, where the measure narrowly passed on a 10-8 vote. Retired US Air Force Col. Rob Maness says these monuments are not about some long-lived racial issue…:
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A monument supporter told black lawmakers it’s time to grow up and get over it. But Baton Rouge Representative Denise Marcelle says that’s an insult to the African American community…:
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The bill would prohibit the removal of any military monument from any war without approval from a majority of voters.