If a tax credit for higher education is NOT approved by the legislature, State Revenue Secretary Tim Barfield says there’s a greater possibility Governor Jindal will veto the budget. The SAVE tax credit failed on a 10-9 vote in the House Ways and Means Committee. Chairman Joel Robideaux explained why some lawmakers are uncomfortable with the tax credit…

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Last night the measure was revived when it was added to three different bills approved by Senate Finance committee.

A deputy with the Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Office is under arrest after being found with a large amount of marijuana in his vehicle. State Police Sgt. James Anderson says investigators searched the truck of 28-year-old Derek Nothnagel of Lake Charles and ended up finding about 18 pounds of marijuana in a duffle bag. He says Nothnagel faces numerous charges…

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Nothnagel was fired from his job as a deputy.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s office says they’ve made nine arrests of people they believe are involved in a very complex residential burglary case targeting firearms and electronics. Lt. Tommy Carnline says they’ve been investigating several daytime residential burglaries since mid April. He says it all came together this week and they were able to make the nine arrests on various ranging charges…

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He says they were able to recover almost all of the stolen firearms in this case.

The national egg shortage due to an avian flu virus has caused the price to nearly double over the past couple of months according to the State Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says hey are trying to develop a vaccine for this type of influenza…

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He believes these higher prices will stick around for about the next 6 months.