The House Ways and Means committee continues its review of the various bills to change Louisiana’s tax structure, in an effort to provide more budget stability. Today the panel looks at sales taxes. Houma Representative Tanner Magee has a proposal to lower the state sales tax from five to two-percent, and remove the unnecessary exemptions…:
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He seeks to address the fact that Louisiana has the highest combined state and local sales tax in the country.

Representative Ted James has filed legislation that would increase the amount of training cops receive — in response to the fatal officer involved shooting of Alton Sterling last July…:
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The Baton Rouge Democrat has also filed a bill which caps how long officers are paid while on administrative leave after a deadly shooting.

LSU’s Sensory Services Lab is seeking food lovers to volunteer as Tiger Tasters on the Baton Rouge campus. Halen Doughty has more…:
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Cops in New York say a Southwest Airlines pilot from Louisiana has been arrested on a weapons charge after a loaded handgun was found in his carry-on bag. Authorities say 55-year-old Erik Gibson was being checked by TSA before a flight to Tampa when officers found the gun. Apparently he flew to Albany Sunday from New Orleans but went through a crew line and wasn’t screened. Gibson, who claimed he forgot about the gun, was charged with misdemeanor weapon possession.