10:30 LRN Newscast June 22nd

Two days are left in the legislative session and the Senate is expected to try and pass legislation that raises more revenue to cover a 600-million dollar shortfall. But Jeremy Alford, publisher of la-politics-dot-com, says House leaders say they’ve reached their saturation point on passing revenue generating bills…
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So far lawmakers have agreed to raise 284-million dollars in this session.

Attorney General Jeff Landry announces 57 individuals have been arrested as part of Operation Broken Heart, which is a statewide initative that involved law enforcement to reduce internet crimes against children. LaFourche Parish Sheriff Craig Weber says this needs to be a priority, because victims of internet crime tend to become unlawful individuals later in life…
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Former opelousas state senator and now candidate in the fourth district congressional race, Elbert Guillory, has an unique add on YouTube. Guillory is shown holding a bag of cocunets and he says there are not enough politicians in Washington D-C to do the right thing…
cut 9 (12) “….our homeland”
Last year, in his campaign for Lt. Governor Guillory had an ad that featured the “N-word” several times.

A group called Together Louisiana says local governments are missing out on one-point-six billion dollars a year in revenue as a result of the industrial tax exemption program. But a tax expert with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Jim Patterson, says without this exemption many businesses might not come or stay in Louisiana…
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Together Louisiana says the governor has the power to ask local governments if they want tax exempted.

Former opelousas state senator and now candidate in the fourth district congressional race, Elbert Guillory, has an unique add on YouTube. Guillory is shown holding a bag of cocunets and he says there are not enough politicians in Washington D-C who do the right thing…
cut 9 (12) “….our homeland”
Last year, in his campaign for Lt. Governor Guillory had an ad that featured the “N-word” several times.