With two days left in special session, lawmakers are struggling to raise enough money to tackle the state’s massive budget deficit. Jeremy Alford of LaPolitics.com says the supplemental budget bill is currently in the Senate Finance Committee and TOPS is funded at around 70-percent. He says other areas still don’t have adequate funding…:
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Alford says the state’s budget hole is likely more than $600 million.

A woman from Minden died and two others were injured in a Webster Parish, two vehicle crash, according to State Police. They say 33-year-old Kevin Liker of Dubberly tried to pass two vehicles in a no passing zone, when he struck a pickup truck head-on. The passenger in the truck, 66-year-old Linda McCoy was not buckled up and sustained fatal injuries in the crash. Investigators believe speed and alcohol were factors in the incident which is under investigation.

Former state legislator Ebert Guillory has released an interesting ad in support of his candidacy for the 4th district Congressional race. Halen Doughty has more…:
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Attorney General Jeff Landry and law enforcement are teaming up to tackle cyber-crimes against children. State Police Superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson says parents can help by keeping a close eye on their kids online…:
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The venture is dubbed Operation Broken Heart.