Today, the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee will take up the revenue generating bills that were approved by the House. La-politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says with less than a month to go in the session, there’s a lot of work ahead for lawmakers…

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He says while lawmakers are busy looking at ways to raise revenue, they also have to find a tax offset to satisfy Governor Bobby Jindal’s concerns about increased taxes.

This is Foster Care Month and the Department of Children and Family Services is recruiting foster families. DCFS Policy Advisor Karen Hebert says children do best in families and by having foster homes in all areas of the state, children in foster care can stay close to home and in the same school…

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They’re especially looking for homes who can take larger sibling groups or children with special needs.

Officials in Tangipahoa Parish say a tornado that touched down Sunday in Tickfaw injured three people and damaged several homes. The National Weather Service says the twister had windspeeds of up to 110-miles-per-hour. They say three homes were destroyed or had major damage. Two people received what is described as minor injuries. A third injured person was transported to a local hospital. It’s reported that more than two dozen people were displaced because of the tornado.

17-year-old Koryn Hawthorne of Abbeville performs tonight in the finals of NBC’s “The Voice”. Michelle Southern reports…

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