Today the budget for next fiscal year is expected to move out of the House Appropriations Committee. Halen Doughty has more…:
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A measure gaining popularity with lawmakers will be heard in the House Way and Means Committee today. It would place a flat corporate income tax from 1 to 2 –percent on the profits a business makes. Jackson Representative Kenny Havard says his bill would generate an estimated 200 million dollars in tax revenue….:
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Business groups like LABI are not supportive.

Leaders say it’s only a rumor that a DOJ civil rights charge decision on the police officers involved in the Alton Sterling shooting is coming tomorrow. Either way they are calling for a peaceful reaction no matter what happens. Former Metro Council member John Delgado…:
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But some black leaders maintain that if charges aren’t brought then justice hasn’t been served and there can be no peace.
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That’s President of the Baton Rouge Chapter of the NAACP, Mike McClanahan.

A wet roadway following rain Sunday may have been a factor in a crash that claimed the life of an on-duty Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s deputy. State Police believe 26-year-old Deputy Justin Beard lost control of his patrol car on the slick highway when he slammed into an embankment. They say Beard was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene.