Governor John Bel Edwards admits there’s not a lot of legislative support for his controversial Commercial Activity Tax, which would raise hundreds of millions dollars to help stave off a looming budget crisis. But Edwards says he’s disappointed an alternative plan hasn’t been proposed by House Republican leaders…
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Business groups like Truth in Politics strongly oppose the CAT tax. Executive Director Kelli Bottgher says over half of the respondents to their recent survey said they do not support the tax. She says 60 percent also say they expect business conditions to stay the same or get worse in the next 6 months.
Cut 10 (11) “the trend before”

The state Parole Board has rescinded the parole for convicted killer and rapist Samuel Galbraith. The former Ft. Polk soldier was set to be released Sunday, after he was granted parole in November. But it has been learned the state failed to properly notify the victim’s mother. A notification letter was sent to an address in Albany, New York, instead of her home in Albany, Illinois.

In 2000, Galbraith pleaded guilty to manslaughter and aggravated rape in the brutal murder of 21-year-old Karen Hill. Galbraith kidnapped the convenience store clerk in Vernon Parish and took her to the Kisatchie National Forest, tied her to a tree and shot her in the eye.

There is a slight chance for a severe thunderstorm today as a frontal system moves through. State Climatologist Barry Keim says there’s cool air behind this front. He says it will drop high temperatures for Sunday and Monday by 10-degrees…
cut 16 (12) “….nice weather”