Lawmakers have raised $220 million in taxes during this second special session, and that may be all they can agree to do. Jeff Palermo has more:
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State Police are asking for the public’s help in locating the vehicle responsible for hitting and killing a pedestrian in Terrebonne Parish. They say 22-year-old William Boyne was walking alone LA 56 south of the Chauvin Bridge, when he was hit by a vehicle that crossed the fog line. Boyne was pronounced dead. The vehicle is described as a late 1990s green Ford F150.

Abortions in Louisiana are dropping. The Louisiana Department of Health says, in 2015, 10 percent fewer pregnancies were terminated from the prior year. Louisiana Right to Life spokesperson Ben Clapper says it could go down even more if the US Supreme court rules later this month that abortion doctors need to have admitting privileges at a hospital…:
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Clapper says Caddo Parish had the highest number of abortions in a single parish with 34-hundred.

The struggling oil and gas industry is finally getting a bit of good news. Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Don Briggs says prices at the pump and natural gas are going up, which helps tremendously. He says since natural gas powers air conditioners, a hot summer will be good for them…:
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