The regular legislative session is in April and a Republican state lawmaker is pushing his plan to increase the state’s gasoline tax. Winnfield Representative Jack McFarland’s proposal calls for the state’s gasoline tax to grow 22-cents through 2033. McFarland says the Bayou State has the seventh-lowest gas tax in the nation…
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Previous attempts to raise the gasoline tax have failed in recent years.

The state’s strawberry crop is showing signs that it will be a good one this year. LSU AgCenter Agent Mary Helen Ferguson says with the different varieties of strawberries, some Louisiana growers are already harvesting…
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Qualifying continues today for the two Congressional races that will take place in March. Five people have signed up for the 5th district race. Republican Julia Letlow, the widow of Congressman-elect Luke Letlow is expected to qualify today. Democrat Candy Christophe says Julia Letlow’s entrance into the race didn’t keep her from qualifying…
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Allen Guillory of Opelousas is one of four Republicans to sign up. Guillory received seven-percent of the vote in the November primary and says the Capitol Hill riot should not have happened, but…
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Retired U-S Air Force Colonel Chad Conerly, Horace Melton of Ruston and Sancha Smith of Opelousas have also qualified for the fifth district race.