Only $220 million of the $600 million Governor John Bel Edwards was hoping lawmakers would raise in the special session has thus far be approved. The governor is hoping a bill that would force huge industrial businesses to choose between one of two tax credits will pass. Business groups oppose, but Edwards says the legislature needs to do what’s best for the state, not lobbyists…:
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The session must end Thursday.

Transportation in Louisiana got yet another bad mark according to a new survey by CarInsurance.com. Managing Editor Michelle Megna says they found the state’s roads are the third worst in the nation. She also says their report looked at how many hours drivers spend stuck in traffic during their daily commutes…:
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The Louisiana Right to Life says the state’s abortion rate dropped 10-percent from 2014 to 2015 based on data from the Louisiana Department of Health. Emelie Gunn has more…:

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A patient from Baton Rouge escaped from a mental hospital and lead cops on a high speed chase in a stolen ambulance. BRPD says 40-year-old Christopher Porter busted a window in his room at the Baton Rouge Behavioral Hospital Saturday and hopped into the ambulance and drove away. Police eventually caught up to Porter and he was booked on counts of simple criminal damage to property, theft of a motor vehicle and flight from an officer.