The House moved legislation that would raise the four-cent sales tax by one penny, but there’s still more work to do to solve the state’s budget crisis. Jeff Palermo has the story…:
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A Shreveport Police Officer is on paid leave after allegedly driving drunk and crashing into a concrete wall on I-49. Shreveport PD says their patrol was called to the scene of a wreck around 5am Thursday where they located the driver of a truck, 38-year-old John Scheen of Shreveport. Investigators believe Scheen, a Shreveport Police Officer, lost control of his vehicle when he crashed. He was charged with DWI and placed on paid leave.

The Center for Reproductive Rights plans to appeal the ruling by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals that says Louisiana’s admitting privilege law for abortion doctors can be enforced. David Brown, an attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights, says the ruling will make it very difficult for Louisiana women to get a legal abortion…:
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He says they are appealing the 5th Circuit’s ruling to the US Supreme Court.

Public Service Commissioner Democrat Foster Campell announces he’s running for the US Senate. The North Louisiana PSC member said on the Jim Engster Show that he has the support of Governor John Bel Edwards and that Louisiana needs someone in Washington who isn’t afraid to speak their mind.