Another special session has started at the State Capitol, after lawmakers failed to pass a budget for next fiscal year. Governor John Bel Edwards says it’s a sad day in Louisiana, and the options before the Capitol won’t be any different in the special than they were in the regular session…:
Cut 15 (12) “our veterans”
The House wanted to spend less than the Senate in case of a midyear shortfall.

Murderers convicted as juveniles will be eligible for parole after 25 years, as a bill by Baton Rouge Senator Dan Claitor wins final passage. But Albany Representative Sherman Mack said victims prefer 30 years:
Cut 10 (10) “than 25″
The measure with 25 years finally passed on a 67 to 34 vote.

If you’re heading to New Orleans over the weekend, use alternative routes as I-10 East between Sorrento and Gramercy will be closed:
Cut 1 (29) “I’m Emelie Gunn”

A man accused of dragging a pit bull to its death behind a pickup truck in the Slidell area in late May has been arrested, even though authorities believe it was an accident. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office says 50-year-old Willis Brailey apparently didn’t know the dog had fallen out of the bed of the truck, and he’s been charged with simple cruelty to animals. The dog was sent to LSU for a necropsy in order to confirm the cause of death.