Governor John Bel Edwards expressed his frustation with lawmakers today over the lack of activity on the House floor involving tax bills that could be used to close a 940-million dollar deficit this year. House members are reluctant to raise taxes, but the governor says he hasn’t seen an alternative plan that addresses the problem….
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Edwards says without new revenues, colleges, health care services for the poor and the disabled face deep cuts.

Most of the major candidates for Louisiana’s 2016 US Senate race are expected in Shreveport on Saturday as they’ll attend the annual policy jury association meeting. Political analyst Elliot Stoncipher says this acts as the kick-off to the campaign…
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Stonecipher says at this point Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy is the front-runner.

The US Supreme Court has told Louisiana it can NOT enforce its abortion clinic law. The law requires abortion doctors to have admitting priviledges at nearby hospitals. A federal appeals court in New Orleans said the state can enforce the law, even though it was being challenged in the courts. But the US Supreme Court says the law should not be enforced, until there’s a ruling on its constituationality.

Louisiana’s presidential primary is tomorrow, and a UNO poll shows Donald Trump is the favorite to win the state’s Republican primary….
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