Louisiana lawmakers have approved a tax reform package that will mean lower income taxes, but higher state sales taxes.  Under the plan, the state sales tax rate will increase from 4.45 percent to five percent for the next five years. Lafayette Senator Gerald Boudreaux is the Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus

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The LSU Tigers are looking to avoid their first four-game losing streak wince 1999 as they take on Vanderbilt tonight.  Tigers head coach Bryan Kelly.

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Early voting is underway in the December 7th election. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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A Sheriff’s deputy in Rapides Parish Sheriff’s is hospitalized after being shot by a patient at a psychiatric facility.  Authorities say there was a disturbance between the patient and hospital employees and the deputy intervened, trying to de-escalate the situation.

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