It’s expected Governor John Bel Edwards will call a special session to address a budget shortfall that’s been projected to be at 313-million dollars. Edwards says a special session is needed to avoid major cuts to health care and higher education. We asked House Speaker Taylor Barras if there was an appeitte to raise taxes again to address the shortfall…
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The special session is expected to take place next month.

State Senator Troy Brown of Ascension Parish said today that he will not resign even though he was convicted for a second time this week on a domestic abuse charge. There has been talk among senators to seek Brown’s expulsion from the upper camber. But in Brown’s statement, he believes that would be an excessive punishment and that only eight states have ever expelled a senator.

Governor John Bel Edwards travels to Rome to discuss ways to combat human trafficking with the Hospitaler Sisters of Mercy. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Thousands of long-distance runners are in Baton Rouge this weekend for the Louisiana Marathon….
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That’s the marathon’s marketing director Danny Bourgeois, who says the Louisiana Marathon begins Sunday at 7 AM near the State Capitol. There’s a 5 K race and a marathon for kids tomorrow.