The special session is at a tipping point after just three days. The first major piece of tax reform legislation, aimed at plugging a portion of the billion dollar fiscal cliff, has stalled in the House Ways and Means committee. Lake Charles Republican Representative Stephen Dwight says this failure could doom the special session.
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The bill would renew a quarter of the expiring penny sales tax, and remove some of the special sales tax exemptions enjoyed by certain industries. The bill would generate an estimated 300 million a year.
Baton Rouge Democratic Representative Ted James rejects the idea that this is the only fix to the cliff, he says Republicans won’t entertain other options
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Law enforcement and schools systems statewide have seen an increase in online threats in the wake of last week’s mass shooting at a high school in Florida. Jim Shannon has more…
A large part of the state is under a tornado watch until 5 PM. The watch box covers southwest, central and northeast Louisiana.
And the wife of the French Settlement police chief was arrested for allegedly driving drunk Saturday night after officers initially noticed suspicious behavior coming from her vechicle outside of the police station.