Legislation that provides businesses with tax breaks has advanced out of the House Ways and Means Committee. The proposals do not have the full support of the Edwards Administration, because it will result in less revenue for state services. Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson…
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Supporters say the legislation is needed to help businesses struggling after the COVID shutdown.

During the regular session, lawmakers passed criminal justice reforms advocates say will cut down on recidivism. One of the bills allows parolees to check in with their officers virtually. Pelican Institute CEO Daniel Erspamer says this saves parolees from having to take off from work to meet their parole officer.
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That’s House Bill authored by Eunice Representative Patrick Devillier.

He can’t do it in this special session, but Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields is looking at filing legislation for an upcoming session that would require certain policy changes for Louisiana police officers. Fields says a duty to intervene among officers is one proposed policy change…
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Fields says he’ll also file a bill that would ban the use of chokeholds by Louisiana law enforcement.

LSU professors are testing wastewater from various areas in East Baton Rouge parish as a way to track COVID-19 cases. LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor John Pardue says they can do this because COVID-19 patients shed the virus in fecal matter. He says sewer epidemiology is not a new science and is used to track other metrics…
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Houston, Oregon, and Michigan are doing similar tests.