Governor John Bel Edwards has been pushing lawmakers to increase funding to pay for critical state services. But a new statewide poll from Southern Media and Opinion Research finds that a majority of voters believe state government has enough cash….
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That’s Pollster Bernie Pinsonat, who says the anti-tax sentiment has also been seen in the voting booth. He says numerous increases in taxes proposed by local governments have been rejected in recent weeks.

The suspect in the shooting of three police officers, including a Lousiaina State Police Trooper is in custody. Avoyelles Parish Sheriff Doug Anderson says 35-year-old Brandon Carpenter, barricaded himself in a home after a police chase. That’s when Carpenter reportedly opened fire. Officers were attempting to execute a warrant against him for domestic abuse battery. The injuries the officers sustained are not considered life threatening.

Over 160 soldiers in the Louisiana National Guard’s 1086th Transportation Company are being sent to Kuwait. Col. Ed Bush during their one year deployment, the soldiers will provide logistic transportation support.
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The 1086th deployed in support of Operations Desert Storm in 1991, Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and Enduring Freedom in Kuwait in 2011.

The full House has approved a bill that says you don’t need a license to braid hair professionally in Louisiana. Current law calls for 500 hours of training to obtain a license in “alternative hair design.” Hammond Representative Chris Broadwater told the bill’s author, Julie Emerson, he’s baffled this kind of profession would be regulated…
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The measure was approved on an 81-12 vote and heads to the senate for more discussion.