The one cent sales tax increase will go into effect April 1st as the bill has officially been signed by the governor. Experts say you might want to purchase big ticket items before then, but for the most part consumers probably won’t even notice the small increase. Gina Rachel, Treasurer for the Society of Louisiana CPAs,
says businesses will likely see the biggest impact…:
CUT 15 (09) “of time”

A New Orleans lawmaker files legislation that seeks to develop a plan to help out students who get pregnant or who parent children while they’re still in school. Senator Wesley Bishop says the ultimate goal is to keep these students from dropping out of school because of the demands of pregnancy and parenting:
CUT 5 (07) “to school”
He says the number one cause of females dropping out of high school is pregnancy.

The Texas Department of Transportation says they expect the closure of I-10 at the state line to remain closed in both directions until 6pm on Monday. The Sabine River has covered the road almost completely in some places. Governor John Bel Edwards will meet with the administrator of FEMA this morning to discuss flooding in Louisiana. Following the meeting, they will both hold a briefing to provide updates to the public.

Some schools in the LHSAA aren’t happy with certain mandates within the organization so they want to form their own called the Louisiana High School Sports Cooperative, or LHSSC. Paul Rainwater would be the Executive Director and he says it will take 60 schools’ commitments to form a new group, which would be open to both public and private schools. He says there is only an initial fee..:
Cut 10 (09) “annual basis”
Rainwater says the LHSSC could be in place for the 2016-2017 school year, if things go smoothly.