A House committee heard testimony on tax bills during the first full day of the latest special session, but took no votes. That frustrated Jackson Representative Kenny Havard, who has authored a bill to renew a portion of the one-cent sales tax that expires June 30th
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Most of the legislative action today, took place in the House Appropriations Committee, where state health officials defended their spending, while higher ed and department of corrections discussed what budget cuts would mean to them.

The escalating trade war with China is not good news for Louisiana’s Agriculture Industry. President Trump is now threatening an additional 200-billion dollars in tariffs on Chinese goods, after China said they would place tariffs on US imports. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says despite the negative impact to Louisiana, he understands the President’s position…
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The curtain call of the crawfish season is approaching. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a complaint with the state’s ethics board accusing a handful of district attorneys of violating the state ethic’s laws. The Center claims D-As are hiring off-duty police officers to write traffic tickets and then treathen motorists with prosecution, unless they pay hundreds of dollars to the D-A’s office to dismiss the tickets. So far the claims are just an allegation.