The legislative session begins Monday and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry is raising an eyebrow at a proposal to eliminate refunds businesses receive for paying an inventory tax to local governments. LABI president Stephen Waguespack says companies would leave the state…:
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The Jindal administration has proposed scaling back inventory tax refunds to deal with the budget crisis.

The state Department of Education says the number of students enrolled in Advanced Placement courses for the current school year is up over 18% from the previous year. They say over the last four years the number of AP course enrollments has nearly doubled increasing almost 90% from the 2011-2012 school year. The increased participation is leading to more students scoring high enough grades to earn college credit.

The city of Jeanerette is mourning the loss of 22-year-old police officer Juandre Gilliam. Eric Gill reports…:
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Funeral arrangements have been set for Gilliam with visitation Saturday at the Patterson Civic Center beginning at 8am. The suspects in the crash face charges including manslaughter, aggravated flight from an officer and criminal mischief.

The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s office says the 10-year-old little boy who apparently accidentally stabbed himself in the stomach with a machete is out of surgery and doing well. They say the incident happened Wednesday evening in the woods where the child was playing outside his subdivision.