GOP leaders on Capitol Hill unveiled today the key details in a new tax plan. The proposal lowers the number of tax brackets from seven to four, and increases the standard deductions. Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins says this is major reform which is pro citizen and pro economic growth…:
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A Navy veteran has chosen not to accept the Peoples Health Champion Award at the next Saints home game…:
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A poll from Morning Consult finds in his second year in office, Governor John Bel Edwards has an approval rating of 53-percent. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says the governor has received high marks when it comes to dealing with the number of natural disasters in Louisiana:
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He says any time a governor has an approval of over 50-percent that’s good news.

Another legal battle is brewing between the governor and Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry. Landry is confident a state judge will rule that his office can supersede the governor’s opioid lawsuit, and the AG plans to expand it once his office takes control:
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The department of health filed its lawsuit on September 27th claiming drug manufacturers intentionally flooded Louisiana with highly addictive drugs.