A survey from the University of New Orleans shows billionaire businessman Donald Trump will likely be the favorite in Louisiana’s presidential primary today. Meanwhile in the Democratic primary, former-president Bill Clinton made a couple of campaign stops in Louisiana on behalf of his wife Hillary Clinton. Clinton says his wife is the most qualified candidate for the presidency.
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Governor John Bel Edwards is demanding the House of Representatives approves more bills to generate revenue. Edwards says without new revenues hospitals, universities and other necessary state services could have to close their doors. He says it’s time for the legislature to act.
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Reports say legislatiors are looking to increase the state’s sales tax even more, possibly by one and a half or two cents.

The major candidates running for US Senate in Louisiana in 2016 will appear today at the annual police jury association meeting in Shreveport. Political Analyst Elliot Stonecipher says right now Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy is the frontrunner. But he says having all the candidates together for this meeting kicks off the race.
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Stonecipher says a big issue is how other Republicans in the Senate race relate to Kennedy because the State Treasurer’s anti-tax stance has helped boost his popularity.

Researchers at Louisiana Tech are working with the New Orleans Police Department to help them select new officers who are the best fit the N-O-P-D’s new community based approach to law enforcement. Louisiana Tech Professor Frank Igou says N-O-P-D is looking for a certain type of officer as the department wants to correct misconduct issues that have occurred in the past.
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