The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season starts today and forecasters expect an above-average number of named storms this year. Matt Doyle has more.
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Gunfire across the state led to several deaths of young people over the holiday weekend. A teenager was fatally shot in Shreveport last night. Three people were killed in Baton Rouge last night and one of the victims was a toddler. And a 12-year-old girl in New Orleans was killed in a drive-by shooting in New Orleans on Sunday night in the Lower Ninth Ward.

The Senate Finance Committee is expected to take up legislation this week that would make a temporary portion of the state sales tax permanent and use that money on major highway projects. Port Allen Senator Rick Ward on how the money can be used…
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But critics say the temporary sales tax of .45-percent that’s set to expire in mid-2025 should roll off the books because lawmakers promised that would be the result when approved in 2018.

The ‘Shot for a Shot’ campaign kicks off today. Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control Commissioner Ernest Legier (Leh-jay) says during June you can get a free shot at participating bars or restaurants by showing proof you have been vaccinated in the last seven days.
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Legier says ATC and the LRA came up with the campaign when the governor asked state agencies to submit ideas for vaccine incentives