A Port Allen Senator wants to take the roughly half percentage point of sales tax that is set to expire in 2025 and extend it long term but dedicate it solely to infrastructure projects. Matt Doyle has more.
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U-S Senator John Kennedy has announced he’s running for re-election. Kennedy will seek his second six-year term in 2022. There has been no talk of any major challengers.

State Police is investigating a deputy-involved shooting in St. Mary Parish. Very few details have been released. We know one person is dead and State Police detectives are investigating.

The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season starts today and forecasters predict another above-average season. NOAA estimates 13 to 20 named storms, 6 to 10 hurricanes, and three to five major hurricanes. State Climatologist Barry Keim says that’s because the odds are low of an El Nino forming.
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GOHSEP is encouraging residents to have a game plan ready if a storm approaches Louisiana’s coast.

A bill that creates a grant program for the $180-billion dollars in federal funds dedicated for broadband expansion in the state heads to the Senate floor today. Marksville Representative Daryl Deshotel says House Bill 648 establishes a structure in which unserved communities can apply for funding.
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Deshotel says the state currently has about 1.2 million residents who do not have access to broadband.