A proposal to shorten the wait time for parents with minor children to receive a divorce wins approval from a House committee. The bill reduces that time from one year to six months. Opponents say making it easier for couples to get divorced doesn’t make it easier on the children, but Homer Representative Patrick Jefferson disagrees…
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The full House will decide whether to advance the measure to the Senate.

A Senate committee has approved a bill that would give inmates a chance at parole, if they are serving a life sentence for a murder they committed when they were minors. It has the support of Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Johnson….
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A similar measure failed last year.

Columbia Senator Neil Riser files a bill that would exempt flood victims from state income tax for 2017. Michelle Southern reports…:
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Wednesday is the deadline for lawmakers to file tax bills. It’s expected Baton Rouge Representative Steve Carter will propose a bill to increase the state’s gasoline tax by 17 cents. We’re also expecting several bills that will change how the state charges sales taxes and eliminate exemptions that currently exist for certain purchases.