Lawmakers will still be dealing with more money problems in 2018, as one-point-two billion dollars in temporary taxes will expire. Jeremy Alford with LaPolitics.com says the governor may propose ideas recommended by a task force that studied the state’s tax code, but that doesn’t mean the legislature will agree with those proposals..:
Cut 5 (08) “new revenue”

The economy in the state looks to be improving which could eventually help the fiscal woes. In May, non-farm employment increased by 10,500 jobs– the best one month gain since July of 2011. Executive Director of the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Ava Dejoie, says the industrial boom in Lake Charles has created an additional 16-hundred jobs in May, and flood recovery efforts are also producing jobs…:
Cut 12 (10) “home sector”

The National Hurricane Center says an area of low pressure near the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula has an 80 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression or tropical storm in the next 48 hours, and a 90 percent chance over the next five days. Forecasters say, as a result, South Louisiana could see 8-plus inches of rain, and 25-mph winds.

The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office says a Springhill teen is charged with second degree murder for allegedly shooting another teen Sunday in Plain Dealing following an ongoing dispute. The suspect is identified as 19-year-old Phillip Woods, and the murdered victim is 16.

The Beauregard Parish Police Jury is interested in taking possession of the P.G.T. Beauregard statue which was removed in New Orleans. Police Jury President Rusty Williamson says there’s some push back against putting the statue at the courthouse, but there are other options…:
Cut 14 (09) “go there”
They believe it’s the right place for the monument, since the parish is named after the Confederate General.