A majority of Louisiana House members are in Baton Rouge today to discuss the state’s looming massive budget deficit when over a billion dollars in temporary taxes expire in June. Alexandria Representative and leader of the House GOP delegation, Lance Harris, says the meeting is to educate fellow legislators….
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A special session will be needed to address the so-called “fiscal cliff.”

Thirty-six-year-old Ryan Sharpe of Clinton has been arrested and charged in the shootings of four people since July, three of the victims died. One of the victim’s daughters, Marcy Breeden Slotte, says there’s some comfort that an arrest was made, but there are many questions…
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Authorities have not provided a possible motive.

The ten students who were arrested in connection with the death of LSU fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver have bonded out. All ten have been charged with hazing, while one individual, Matthew Naquin has also been charged with negligent homicide.

Meanwhile, Four UL Lafayette fraternities have been suspended in the wake of Gruver’s death. Emelie Gunn has more…
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And in Tangipahoa Parish, deputies are investigating the death of 8-month-old boy who was unintentionally left in a car in Hammond for more than eight hours.