There’s only two months left in the fiscal year, and doubts are growing as to whether a spending plan for next budget year can be approved in the current regular session. A 648-million dollar budget gap is forcing lawmakers to consider deep cuts in state spending. LaPolitics.com Publisher Jeremy Alford says we’re approaching uncharted waters.
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Alford says the regular session could end early in a few weeks and then special session would begin to address the fiscal cliff.

For only the fifth time in 30 years, the Saints drafted a player from LSU. Center Will Clapp was taken in the seventh round and he’ll get a chance to learn from veteran starting center Max Unger. Coach Sean Payton likes that the former Brother Martin star can play guard as well…
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Legislation that would increase penalties for those who are caught soliciting prostitutes is close to final passage. Matt Doyle has more.
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The investigation continues today in Sunday’s fatal shooting involving a Shreveport Police officer. Authorities say the shooting occurred in the city’s Red River District when the officer and a man began to scuffle and the person who was shot allegedly tried to disarm the on-duty officer. The officer suffered minor injuries.