The special session is all but over as far as lawmakers are concerned. Time limitations have eaten up any real possibility of banging out a deal to plug the nearly billion dollar budget hole that opens up July 1st. Representative Jack McFarland of Jonesboro
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Democrats are crying foul on promises made and promises broken. Mindent Representative Gene Reynolds is the chairman of the Democratic Caucus….
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It is possible that legislators can vote to end the session tonight. The governor has called a press conference 30 minutes after the House adjourns.

The Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Office has released the preliminary findings in connection with a severed head found south of Hackberry on Highway 27 last week. Sheriff Ron Johnson says they know it’s a 25-50 year old female with dark colored hair, with no trauma to the skull. They believe it wasn’t in the marshy area very long…
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It appears there was a lot of dental work that had been performed and Johnson hopes it will be easy at the LSU FACES lab to identify the victim through dental records.

Site Selection magazine ranks Louisiana eighth on a per capita basis, among states with the most new and expanded facilities in 2017. It’s the ninth consecutive year Louisiana has landed in the top 10.