Bills that would provide businesses with various tax breaks have been approved by the House Ways and Means Committee. Democrats on th panel raised concerns that the state can not afford tax cuts at a time of declining revenues. Lafayette Representative Stuart Bishop disagrees…
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According to the Associated Press, the proposals would provide 130-million dollars in tax cuts over five years.

He can’t do it in this special session, but Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields is looking at filing legislation for an upcoming session that would require certain policy changes for Louisiana police officers. Fields says a duty to intervene among officers is one proposed policy change…
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Fields says he’ll also file a bill that would ban the use of chokeholds by Louisiana law enforcement.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe says they’ve placed two faculty members on administrative leave after they posted racial slurs on their personal social media pages. The school says a termination letter has been sent to Biology professor Dennis Bell and they are in the process of firing Nursing instructor Mary Holmes.

LSU researchers are tracking COVID-19 cases in Baton Rouge through wastewater testing. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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