Legislators are back in Baton Rouge for a third special session called to address the fiscal cliff which arrives July 1st. Louisiana Association of Business and Industry President Stephen Waguespack says LABI supports a partial renewal of an expiring one-cent sales tax, even though businesses will pay 48-percent of what could be a 400 to 500-million dollar tax increase…
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State Police arrested a Denham Springs couple after they were found in Calcasieu Parish transporting 25 undocument immigrants. State Police Sergeant James Anderson says Stephanie and Nicholas Harris were booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center….
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Anderson says this appears to be a case of human trafficking.

They are often used to treat pain, but now, Dr. Bob Zura from LSU Health New Orleans says it looks like opioids may very well be contributing to an elevated risk of bone fractures. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Five protesters were arrested in New Orleans today as US Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke at the National Sheriff’s Association Convention in New Orleans. During his speech, Sessions said the United States will NOT encourage people to bring their children to the country illegally by giving them immunity in the process.