The June 8th last day of the legislative session is fast approaching, but lawmakers haven’t agreed on any major ways to address the state’s budget problems. That’s according to Jim Beam, retired editor of the Lake Charles American Press who has covered the capitol for decades. He says lawmakers are struggling with raising taxes…:
Cut 16 (09) “that pressure”
A bill to raise the state’s gas tax 17 cents gets a hearing tomorrow in House Ways and Means.

Today is the last day for residents to file their 2016 Louisiana individual income tax returns. State Department of Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson says there are some tornado related extensions for certain areas affected…:
Cut 5 (10) “June 30th”
The website to file online is revenue-dot-louisiana-dot-gov-slash-file-online.

Louisiana support for President Donald Trump is heavily split along party and racial lines. That’s according to pollster Bernie Pinsonat with Southern Media and Opinion Research. He says 91 percent of Republicans give the president a favorable rating, while 72-percent of Democrats disapprove. Opinions are similarly split on the Affordable Care Act. Pinsonat says only 8 percent of respondents would keep the ACA as it is now which is what Democrats want in Washington..:
Cut 8 (07) “be improved”
Thirteen percent of respondents said they’d prefer the ACA to be repealed and not replaced.

The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office says a Tier III sex offender has been arrested again after investigators say they learned he was contacting an 11-year-old over social media. They say 54-year-old Marvin Johnson of Crowley was booked on a warrant for Unlawful Use of Social Media by a sex offender and charged with carnal knowledge of a juvenile. It’s against the law for sex offenders in Louisiana to use social media.