In the first of a series of questions to the four major gubernatorial candidates, Louisiana Radio Network asked each if they were Governor today, how would they handle the $1.6 billion dollar deficit. Republican US Senator David Vitter says if elected, he would immediately call a special legislative session on spending and tax reform…

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The Louisiana gubernatorial primary is set for October 24.

On a 65-37 vote, the state House approved a 24-billion dollar budget for next fiscal year. A politically charged amendment was added to the budget during the debate that would require the governor’s office to pay for troopers when Jindal makes out-of-state campaign trips, not State Police. Monroe Representative Katrina Jackson is in full support…

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The Senate will now take up the budget bill.

The Metropolitan Crime Commission asks the state Attorney General’s office to investigate the sentence of the Destrehan High School teacher who had sex with one of her students. Michelle Southern reporting…

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Alexandria Police say an argument between a couple resulted in shots being fired. They say a woman told officers that she and her ex-boyfriend, 23-year-old Bruce Cooper, were involved in an argument when he hit her in the face. The victim says she then busted out the windows of his vehicle. She says Cooper then fired several shots into her vehicle. Cooper is charged with assault by drive-by shooting.