Legislators return to Baton Rouge today for a third special session that’s been called to address the fiscal cliff which arrives July 1st. Louisiana Association of Business and Industry President Stephen Waguespack says LABI supports a partial renewal of an expiring one-cent sales tax, even though they know businesses will pay 48-percent of what could be a 400 to 500-million dollar tax increase…
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Last week’s announcement of the 2.3 million dollar return through the Unclaimed Property Program has gotten more people interested in the program’s potential returns. State Treasurer John Schroder says the recent claim has generated a lot of excitement and the calls keep coming in.
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Visit La-Treasury-dot-com to see if you are owed money.

State Police arrested a Denham Springs couple after they were found in Calcasieu Parish transporting 25 undocuments immigrants. State Police Sergeant James Anderson Stephanie and Nicholas Harris booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center….
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Anderson says this appears to be a case of human trafficking.

Five protesters were arrested in New Orleans today as US Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke at the National Sheriff’s Association Convention in New Orleans. During his speech, Sessions said the United States will NOT encourage people to bring their children to the country illegally by giving them immunity in the process.