The House Ways and Means committee meets this morning and we’ll see if the panel approves legislation to keep a portion of a one-cent sales tax that’s set to expire on June 30th. Houma Representative Beryl Amedee says she opposes any tax increases….
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The governor says about 650-million dollars in revenue is needed to prevent cuts to higher education, TOPS and other state services.

A state sales tax discount is in effect for hurricane supplies on Saturday and Sunday. Louisiana Department of Revenue spokesperson Byron Henderson says it’s a great opportunity to pick up some essentials…
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Heavy rains are possible this weekend, because of a tropical disturbance that has a high chance of forming into a tropical depression in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.

Despite higher gas prices, AAA estimates nearly 42-million Americans will travel this Memorial Day weekend. That’s a five-percent increase from last year and the highest number of travelers in more than a dozen years. AAA Spokesman Don Redman says about 37-million travelers will hit the road…
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He says families are seeing some added incentives this summer with almost a 7% percent decrease in airfare prices, 11% in car rentals, and depending on the hotel, travelers could save about 14% compared to last year.

LSU football legend Billy Cannon has reached his final resting place. During a funeral service on the LSU campus, former Angola Warden Burl Cain spoke about the amount of respect Cannon had, as he ran the prison’s dental clinic. Cain says when Doctor Cannon suffered a stroke a few years ago, they wanted to make sure an ambulance got him to a hospital…
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