The second special session comes to an end tonight at the State Capitol. Governor John Bel Edwards went into this session asking legislators to raise 600-million dollars in revenues in order to avoid more cuts. House Appropriations Chairman Cameron Henry says there was only a certain point the legislature was willing to go to fully fund government…
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It’s expected the legislature will only raise 258-million dollars, which will fund TOPS scholarships at 70-percent, which means students would have to pay 30-percent of their tuition.

Two Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s deputies are in the hospital tonight after they were shot while trying to serve a felony warrant. Both deputies are listed in stable condition, with one suffering injuries to his face, while the other was shot in the leg. Sheriff Jay Russell says Rickie Wade Junior shot the deputies and was taken into custody. Russell says they hope Wade spends the rest of his life in jail.

A brand new state-of-the-art breast imaging center, offering revolutionary hi-tech methods for breast cancer detection, opened today in Shreveport. Marilyn Joiner is the spokeswoman for the WK Breast Health Center and she says this facility is unlike any other in the region…:
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She says doctors at the facility can use 3D technology which allows them do a mammogram and a biopsy at the same time.

Grambling State President Willie Larkin turned in his resignation after spending less than a year as the leader of the historically black school in Lincoln Parish. Grambling’s Faculy Senate was not pleased with Larkin as they were upset about failling enrollment, fundraising and the loss of the school’s nursing program. The University of Louisiana System Board, which oversees, Grambling, is not commenting on the situation, because it’s a personel matter.