As expected, Governor John Bel Edwards will bring legislators back to Baton Rouge for another special session. It will start June 18 and must at 6 PM on June 27. It’s the third time this year the governor has called a special session for legislators to pass tax bills to replace a portion of the over 1-billion dollars in temporary sales taxes that are set to expire June 30th.
Edwards also signed a budget that will go into effect on July 1st. It contains over 500-million dollars in cuts.
A large group of Fiscal conservatives in the House have been pushing to reduce government spending and have been blocking the sales tax legislation
A Sabine Parish pastor was killed while jogging after he was struck by a pickup truck driven by a teenager. State Police Master Trooper Scott Moreau says the driver from Many was charged with careless operation and he was transported to a local hospital following the collision.
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The man in charge of the state’s prison system says over 10-thousand inmates could be released unless additional revenue is not raised. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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US Congressman Garret Graves says legislation is getting close to passage that would allow local governments to take over flood protection and coastal restoration projects from the Corps of Engineers. He says it help clear a massive backlog of work.