The state House is set to convene again at 3:00. Will they be able to pass a tax proposal to help close a nearly one-billion dollar budget gap that’s the result of expiring state sales taxes. A key sales tax bill was overwhelmingly voted down last night and time is running out in this special session.

Gus Mijalis, a Shreveport businessman and noted close friend of former Gov. Edwin Edwards, has died. We have reaction from Edwards…
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A 55-hundred dollar reward has been offered for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons responsible for the shooting deaths of two adult male Louisiana black bears. It’s believed the bears were killed during the first weekend of February about 10 miles south of Franklin in St. Mary Parish. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries spokesperson Adam Einck….
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It is illegal to hunt bears.

A new report on human trafficking showed a 77-percent increase in juvenile victimes identified over the past year, including more than three times as many victims age 12 or younger, compared to 2016. Walter Fahr with D-C-F-S Child Protective Services says the report shows more needs to be done to help juvenile human trafficking victims, get out of that lifestyle…
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For juveniles, Caddo and Orleans parishes were the most identified as the parishes of orgin.