New Orleans will host the 2024 Super Bowl after being the only team invited to bid this year. Connor Ferrill has more.
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The House Ways and Means committee began discussion on solving the fiscal cliff, which is a 648-million dollar revenue shortfall that threatens to cut state services. Republicans are not excited about passing tax bills, but Baton Rouge Representative Ted James says the Edwards administration is not asking for an overall increase in taxes…
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The special session must end June 4th.

The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression could form this weekend over the eastern or central Gulf of Mexico. State Climatologist Barry Keim says…
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Keim says we could see heavy rain from the Central to the Eastern Gulf Coast through the Memorial Day weekend.

A Marshall Project report says Louisiana’s prison population dropped five-percent from 2016-17, one of the largest drops in the country. State Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc says it’s a sign criminal justice reform measures are working, but the key is to make sure released inmates do not re-offend….
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