A vote to pass an income tax bill to help bridge a one-billion-dollar budget fell short today getting 50 of the 53 needed yes votes. Shreveport Representative Alan Seabaugh an outspoken critic of higher taxes rallied against the legislation. Seabaugh says Louisiana residents are already paying higher taxes, because the federal tax overhaul changed Louisiana’s withholding tables, which means the state is collecting more tax money from its citizens

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The legislation would have increased state revenues by an estimated 79-million dollars. Seabaugh says the measure is bad tax policy….

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Authorities in Cameron Parish are trying to figure out how a severed human head ended up in a marsh alongside LA Highway 27. Sheriff Ron Johnson says road crews discovered it Thursday afternoon. He’s surprised someone didn’t spot the head sooner…

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Johnson says the discovery is not believed to be connected to any missing person cases in Cameron Parish.

A new report finds the majority of Louisiana’s young people are un-fit for military service.  The Pentagon says more than 70 percent of Americans aged 17 to 24 cannot join the United States military – 26 million young Americans. The percentage in Louisiana is 75 percent. Admiral David Callahan says there are many reasons.

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