House Appropriations Chairman Jack McFarland says the state is facing a 340-million dollar deficit next fiscal year and that does not include the 248-million dollars for education initiatives that includes teacher and support personnel stipends. McFarland says his committee will hold regular meetings over the next several months…
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McFarland says the shortfall is a reason why a tax reform special session is needed.
A ten-year-old has been charged in the fatal shooting of 82-year-old Joe Cornelius and his 31-year-old daughter Keisha Miles. It happened in Webster Parish on Sunday morning. Minden Police Chief Jared McIver says there were two children in the home at the time…
Cut 7 (10) “….this crime”
McIver says this was not an accidental shooting as the victims were shot multiple times. No motive has been released.
Lafayette Police say a juvenile driver drove off the road early Monday striking a fence, which caused the vehicle to flip and strike a tree. There were seven people inside the vehicle. 17-year-old Terry Mitchell of Lafayette has died, and two other passengers were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The juvenile driver faces several charges including one count of negligent homicide.
A Louisiana pollster says many of the national polls show Vice President Kamala Harris with a two-point lead over former president Donald Trump as the presidential election season begins to ramp up. Mel Bridges has more.