A survey by 24-7 Wall Street shows Louisiana residents pay just 8-percent of their income to state and local governments. Jim Shannon has more.
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Louisiana Sheriff Association Executive Director Michael Ranatza told the House Appropriations committee that there are 13-hundred people in local jails that have been waiting to go on trial for at least four years. Ranataza says sheriff departments are spending a lot of money to house those who are accused.

The full Senate approves legislation that allows students to wear bulletproof backpacks in a school. West Monroe Senator Mike Walsworth says he filed the legislation in response to the tragic school shooting in Florida in which 17 people were killed…
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The measure heads to the House for more discussion.

And in the House Transportation Committee today, a bill will be heard that makes it illegal to handle your phone while driving. Texting and driving is currently illegal in Louisiana, but advocate Suzanne Salter says very few ticekts are written…
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Salter’s daughter was killed in 2014 wreck caused by a texting driver.