The House is in session this morning for a critical day of votes on tax bills that would help close a looming one billion dollar budget deficit…
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That’s House Speaker Taylor Barras who expressed some optimism last night that tax negoitiations were progressing.

Police are on the lookout for a man involved in the murder of a 29-year-old man in New Iberia. Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal says they are seeking 26-year-old Akeam Daniels. Daniels is described as a black male, five-foot-ten-inches-tall, weighing 155-pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Ackal says it was a crime of passion…
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That prompted an AMBER alert, but the two year-old was found safe in the suspect’s abandoned car.

There is a Louisiana connection with today’s funeral for evangelist Billy Graham. Michael Farrar has the story.
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If you are heading through Lake Charles this weekend, be aware that a four-month construction project to repair joints on the I-10 Lake Charles bridge will begin and the inside eastbound lane will be closed. State Transportation spokesperson Rodney Mallett…
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The construction zone will be from Opelousas Street to the Calcasieu River Bridge.