Legislation that would extend a temporary sales tax beyond 2025 and use that money to improve roads and bridges receives the approval of the Senate Finance Committee. Metairie Republican Senator Cameron Henry is not too keen on permanently extending a tax that was a temporary solution to a previous budget crisis…
cut 10 (11) “….an income tax”
The bill heads to the Senate where it will need two-thirds approval.

Legislation that would give voters in St. Tammany Parish an opportunity to vote on whether they want a riverboat casino in Slidell is advancing to the Senate floor after a close vote in Senate Finance. Chairman Bodi White had this to say to the opponents who testified against the legislation…
cut 7 (11) “…what we do”

The first-ever comprehensive report of deaths behind bars in the state is released by Loyola Law. Brooke Thorington has more on what the study found among the 786 deaths from 2015 to 2019.
Cut 3 (30) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fatal shooting of a woman who was found dead this morning inside an apartment on Houma Boulevard. The sheriff says there is no suspect or motive available at this time. The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s office says human remains were discovered in a wooded area of Golden Meadow just north of Yankee canal. An autopsy is scheduled.