Major changes have been made to the state’s sales tax holidays as a result of legislation approved in the special session. The Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax holiday which usually takes place the last weekend in May has been cancelled. And state department of revenue spokesperson Kizzy Payton says the back to school sales tax holiday, during the first weekend in August, and the 2nd amendment holiday, during the first weekend in September, will offer partial sales tax breaks this year and next…
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Democratic Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden has announced he’s running for Congress. Holden, who is term-limited from running for another term as mayor, will challenge Democratic Congressman Cedric Richmond. Tonight, we find out what political office law enforcement officer, Captain Clay Higgins, will seek.

A new study by LSU, UCLA, and NASA finds New Orleans and surrounding cities are sinking at high rates because of natural and human processes. Lead author of the report, Doctor Cathleen Jones, says the highest rates of sinking were observed upriver along the Mississippi around major industrial areas in Norco and Michoud. Jones says these kind of measurements can help in flood prevention planning…
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Two teachers and three students at Plaisance Elementary School in Opelousas are facing charges after they were involved in the whipping of three other students. Major Eddie Thibodaux, with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s office, says one of the teachers, Mona Wilson, also faces an obstruction of justice charge for telling the students and their parents to keep quiet…
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