For Governor John Bel Edwards to tout the upcoming third special session of 2018 a success, he’ll need to get 70 members in the House to approve a proposal to renew a half-cent of an expiring one-penny sales tax. It would generate an estimated 500-million dollars of revenue, but River Ridge Representative Kirk Talbot is one of several Republicans who prefers that the state tighten its belt…
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The special session begins Monday.

Democrat Renee Fontenot Free has entered this fall’s Secretary of State’s race, along with Republican state representative Julie Stokes. Free works in the state Attorney General’s office and one of her goals is to increase voter turnout…
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The general election will be in November.

A feeding ban enacted by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission in East Carroll, Madison and Tensas parishes has been rescinded as the state has yet to detect chronic wasting disease among its deer population. State Wildlife Veterinarian, Doctor Jim LaCour…
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LDWF has sampled about 300 deer in the area and they have yet to detect the fatal neurodegenerative disease.

A Eunice man trying to elude officers died in a single-vehicle crash in Jefferson Davis Parish Monday morning. State Police Sergeant James Anderson says 26-year-old Aaron Charlot was traveling at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, before losing control two miles north of Louisiana Highway 101…
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Charlot was pronounded dead at the scene. No word on why he didn’t stop when a Kinder Police officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop.