Lawmakers will be in Baton Rouge this Sunday for a special session where they will be asked to raise taxes to help the state cover up a massive shortfall. Jeremy Alford of la-politics-dot-com says the governor’s tax proposals are expected to have a hard time getting the 70 votes needed to pass….
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The special session is expected to last three and a half weeks.

US Representative Ralph Abraham of Richland Parish introduces legisaltion that reduces the amount of the years farmers would pay taxes on farm equipment they buy. Abraham says the legislation already has eight co-sponsors…
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Abraham says his bill shortens the deprectiation schedule on farm equipment from seven to five years.

It’s a chilly and windy Lundi Gras as high tempeatures will be around 50-degrees and the entire state is under a wind advisory as we could see wind gusts of up to 30 miles per hour. The National Weather Service in Shreveport says the high winds increase the chances of wildfires in northwest Louisiana.

The massive burn chamber that was built to dispose 16 million pounds of explosives at Camp Minden begins its slow trek through four parishes in northwest Louisiana today. Emelie Gunn has more…
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