A report says 75 percent of Louisiana’s young people are un-fit to serve in the military. Jim Shannon has the reaction from a retired Louisiana Marine General.

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An income tax bill described as the linchpin towards reaching an overall deal towards closing a looming a one-billion dollar budget shortfall failed on the House floor on Friday. Ruston Representative Rob (SHAD_UH_WIN) Shadoin asked his colleagues to put aside party politics and vote for the legislation…

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Lawmakers are schedule to reconvene the session on Sunday afternoon with hopes of resolving the state budget gap before the special session ends on Wednesday.

Authorities charged a Baton Rouge man with 300 counts of pornography involving juveniles. Raekwon Donzelle Reed, age 24, was booked in parish prison after a search of his West Wendover Drive home found several phones. Those phones found had videos and images of juveniles in sexual acts. The Advocate reports that Reed admitted knowing there was child pornography on his account for a file sharing website.

Shreveport National Weather Service forecaster Matthew Duplantis says there concerns about flooding in North Louisiana due to excessive rainfall. He says the rivers won’t have enough of a break before getting into the time of year when the most rain typically hits…

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February’s rainfall in North Louisiana set a record going back to the 1870’s. Flood warnings remain in effect for the Mississippi river, the Ouachita river and Red Rivers until further notice.