A disturbance at a psychiatric treatment facility led to a Rapides Parish Sheriff’s deputy and a patient being shot. Tommy Carnline with the sheriff’s office says while the deputy was trying to de-escalate the situation, the patient started fighting obtaining the deputy’s weapon and shooting the deputy in the leg. Another deputy then returned fire hitting the patient. They were both taken to hospitals.
The investigation into the incident is still ongoing.
A prison escapee’s run for freedom comes to an end. 20-year-old Jamarcus Cyprian escaped from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail back on May 16th; and on Wednesday, he was arrested at an apartment complex in Hammond. Sheriff Gerald Sticker says deputies were executing a search warrant in connection with a shooting at another apartment complex.
Louisiana lawmakers have approved a tax reform package that will result in lower income taxes for working individuals, but a higher state sales tax rate. The individual income tax rate would be a flat three percent. Even though the state sales tax rate will increase from 4.45 percent to five percent for the next five years, most Democrats also supported the tax code overhaul. Lafayette Senator Gerald Boudreaux is the Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus
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The film tax credit program has been capped at 125-million dollars, down from 150-million and Legislators also voted to repeal the corporate franchise tax.
Early voting is underway in the December 7th election. Joel Watson with the Secretary of State’s office says what’s unique about this early voting period is that it goes straight through Thanksgiving; and as such, there are some days when the polls will be closed.
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Early voting ends Saturday, November 30th.