Time is running out for lawmakers to implement meaningful tax reform this session, and party leaders meet today seeking a compromise…:
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Thousands remain without power today after deadly storms that moved through most of the top half of the state Sunday into Monday. CLECO reports about 6000 customers are still in the dark, and roughly 15,000 lost power at the height of the storm. Entergy reports about 3300 are still affected from the system that claimed the lives of two young adults after heavy winds knocked down trees in DeSoto and Caldwell Parishes.

With the growing popularity of organic foods, lawmakers are looking at how Louisiana could produce its own organic produce. The House will discuss a resolution this week that would connect the LSU and Southern Ag programs with the state to study cultivating organic products. The author is Marrero Representative Patrick Connick…:
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He believes organic farming is the future.

A bill to change the name of the Louisiana School for Math, Science and Arts in Natchitoches has sparked a big discussion and will be heard in House Education on Wednesday. Delhi Senator Francis Thompson’s proposal would change the school’s name to Jimmy D. Long Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts…:
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Long helped open the school in 1983.