The Louisiana House has sent over to the Senate a bill that would increase the state’s four-cent sales tax by an additional penny. But the House took no action on Thursday regarding bills that would raise cigarette and alcohol taxes. Jeremy Alford is the publisher of la-politics-dot-com…cut 11 (06) “…coming days”

The House is working today and there are reports the lower chamber will vote on bills to increase sin taxes.

The Center for Reproductive Rights plans to appeal to the US Supreme Court a ruling by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals that allows Louisiana to enforce a law that requires abortion doctors to have admitting priviledges at nearby hospitals. David Brown is an attorney with the pro-choice rights group..
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Brown says as a result of this law, there’s only two abortion doctors in the state that can perform abortions.

Early voting for the March 5th Louisiana Presidential Primary ends tomorrow and Secretary of State Tom Schedler says there’s already been more early votes casted this early voting period, compared to four years ago…
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Schedler says he does not have a break down on how many registered repulican and democratic voters early voted.

The Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation has submitted a bid to the Southeastern Conference to bring the SEC Baseball Tournament to Zephyr Field in Metairie. The Foundation’s CEO and president, Jay Cicero, says believes it would be great to have the annual 12-team tournament in southeast Louisiana…
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It’s been reported the SEC will decide in late May or early June where to hold the SEC baseball tournament from 2017 to 2021.