A proposed law would exempt items like tampons and diapers from the state sales tax. Emelie Gunn has more….
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Reducing the state’s incarceration rate is one of Governor Edwards’ priorities in the session….
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Edwards says they are recommending strategies that have worked in other southern conservative states.

Attorney General Jeff Landry says a Baton Rouge man has been arrested after he allegedly cashed in his deceased parent’s retirement checks for 18 years. Landry says 42-year-old Lester Joseph the Second has been charged with 201 counts of felony theft and two counts of identity theft….
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Joseph’s mother died in 1997. Her husband was a beneficary and he died about a year later. Landry says Joseph forged his signature on checks that the teacher retirement system kept sending.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul says President Trump should have received Congressional approval before authorizing a military strike on an air base in Syria. But retired Major General Ron Richard from Louisiana said on W-R-K-F’s Talk Louisiana that he supports the President’s surprise attack…
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