The legislative session concludes Thursday night and zero tax reform bills designed to help stabilize Louisiana’s budget will make it to the governor’s desk. That means another special session could happen again next year to address what would be a one-billion dollar budget deficit. But Baton Rouge Representative Barry Ivey doesn’t see any real tax changes coming in a special session either….
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Ivey had several bills in this session to change the state’s tax structure.

More showers and thunderstorms are moving through south Louisiana today. Donald Jones with the National Weather Service says heavy rainfall over a short period of time will have the potential for flash flooding….
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The Alexandria, Lake Charles and Lafayette areas are under a flash flood watch until early this evening.

A report from Credit Suisse (s uu – EE s) finds at least one in five U.S. shopping malls will go out of business within the next five years, because of the growth in online sales. LSU Marketing Professor Dr. Dan Rice says attracting shoppers to physical stores is still possible, as retail sales are higher than ever…:
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Credit Suisse estimates 86-hundred stores will close by December.

Search crews are out in full force looking for Jacquelyn “Daisy Lynn” Landry, the 18-year-old girl from Lafayette who was last seen on May 23rd. Acadian Search and Rescue Director Jeffery Istre says they are encouraging the public to spread the word far and wide….:
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Twenty-two-year-old Malik Davis has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with her disappearance.