There are seven days left in the special session and Andrew Greenstein is reporting the Louisiana House is looking at raising the state’s sales tax from 4.45 percent to five percent, so that income taxes can be lowered…

Cut 1 (36) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein”

Former LSU star and Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes has been named the N-L Rookie of the Year. Skenes had 170 strikeouts in 133 innings.

Governor Landry has announced the deployment of nearly 1.4-billion dollars to bolster broadband connectivity throughout the state. Veneeth Iyengar (EYE-in-gur), the executive director of Connect L-A, says most of that money is staying local.

Cut 10 (07) “…in their communities.”

The governor’s office says this broadband deployment will expand connectivity to 140-thousand locations across the state, supporting 100 thousand households and 35-thousand small businesses.

New Orleans City Councilman Eugene Green is speaking out against a mass shooting at a second line parade in the St. Roch neighborhood on Sunday that left two people dead and 11 injured. Green is optimistic the New Orleans Police Department homicide unit will find the individuals who caused this heart ache…

Cut 7 (11) “…this crime”