The special session is on the verge of collapsing without a tax plan that addresses a looming one billion dollar shortfall. This week the House has failed to get behind a proposal to raise revenues to replace expiring sales taxes. Republican Barry Ivey of Baton Rouge says GOP legislators are not willing to work with a Democratic governor……
cut 12 (05) “…tax reform”
A sales tax bill that would have generated 300-million dollars annually was overwhelmingly defeated, but tax negotiations continue today. The special session must end Wednesday.

State Senator Troy Carter has filed a bill for the regular session that raises the age to purchase an assault rifle from 18 to 21. Opponents could say you can join the military under the age of 21 and carry an assault rifle, so why couldn’t you buy one? Carter argues….
Cut 15 (08) “or none.”
Carter says he’s a second Amendment supporter, but believes the framers of our constitution didn’t envision teenagers using assault rifles on their classmates.

Gus Mijalis, a Shreveport businessman and noted close friend of former Gov. Edwin Edwards has died. Mijalis family owned the Farmers seafood company which opened in 1918. Former Governor Edwin Edwards remembers Mijalis in an adversarial position when they first met. But things quickly changed.
cut 6 (10) “…ever since”
A memorial service is scheduled for Monday.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement agents are offering a 55-hundred-dollar reward for information about who killed two black bears in St. Mary Parish in the Atchafalaya Basin. It is believed they were killed between February 2nd and 4th. LDWF spokesman Adam Einck says both bears were discovered in a fairly remote area…
Cut 3 (09) “from there.”
Anyone with information can call a hotline at 800-442-2511 or it can be submitted through the Tip 411 app on smartphones.