Governor Landry will be calling lawmakers back to Baton Rouge for a special session next month to take up his tax reform plan that he says would close most of a 700-million-dollar budget shortfall. He calls his plan Driving Louisiana Forward and says it would increase the take-home pay for all Louisiana taxpayers.
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The law reclassifying the abortion drugs Mifepristone and Misoprostol as controlled, dangerous substances goes into effect today making possession illegal without a valid prescription. Attorney General Liz Murrill says securing medications that can and have been abused isn’t new…
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Illegal possession could cost one a five-thousand-dollar fine or up to five years in prison
Union dockworkers went on strike this morning at ports across the country. Experts say we could see similar supply chain issues like we did during Covid. Sean Richardson has the story.
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Happy 100th to Southeastern Louisiana University. President William Wainwright says in that century SLU has awarded tens of thousands of degrees.