Governor John Bel Edwards says one of the things Louisiana badly needs to avoid future budget issues is major tax reform, and he’s expected to release that plan today. President of the Council for a Better Louisiana, Barry Erwin, expects the governor will propose lowering the sales tax and raising the income tax…:
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The plan will be up for review in the regular session.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agent Tyler Wheeler, who was shot five times during a traffic stop last month, will return home to Monroe this weekend. LDWF Col. Joey Broussard says it’s a miracle Wheeler is doing so well…:
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Wheeler has been in rehab in Mississippi where he is now walking half a mile each day on a treadmill.

A state judge in Baton Rouge has been banned from a popular local restaurant chain after he allegedly used racial slurs towards a black woman. Halen Doughty has more…:
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The Pineville-based utility company Cleco announces CEO Darren Olagues has resigned his position. The board has selected its chair, Peggy Scott, to assume the role of Interim CEO during what’s expected to be a year long search for a permanent replacement. Olagues was arrested for domestic abuse strangulation by the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office in December of last year.