The governor and legislative leaders have been told the state may finish this fiscal year with a budget shortfall of up to 200-million dollars, because corporate income taxes are coming in way below projections. Senate President John Alario says they won’t know for sure the actual amount until later in the year, when expenditures and collections are tabulated…
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Governor John Bel Edwards told reporters that lawmakers should feel a sense of urgency to pass changes to the state’s tax code to generate money to help fill the budget holes. One reporter asked Edwards if he thinks he’s failed, because lawmakers continue to reject items on his agenda. Edwards believes the way he’s governing is what’s best for the state….
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The special session comes to an end on Thursday.

Charges have been added in the murder of the Baton Rouge pregnant teacher whose body was discovered in Iberville Parish. Baton Rouge Police Cpl. L’Jean McKneely says based on the coroner’s report, blood inside her car and interviews conducted with people who knew the victim, investigators were able to conclude 40-year-old Lyntell Washington was fatally shot by 39-year-old Robert Marks…
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries recovered the body of a 22-year-old Arnaudville man in the water in St. Landry Parish after a boating accident. Spokesperson Adam Einck says Arron Baber was a passenger on a boat that hit a railroad bridge piling and Baber ended up in the water where he died. He says they are not sure if impairment is a factor…
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