The first named storm of the season known as Alberto has formed in the Caribbean Sea. National Hurricane Center forecasters predict the path of the storm making landfall in the U.S. on Tuesday morning. However, Alberto’s effects on weekend weather patterns has people in re-thinking their outdoor Memorial Day holiday weekend plans across the gulf coast due to rain forecasts from Louisiana to western Florida.

The Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday starts today and lasts through Sunday. The state tax holiday is designed to encourage people to stock up on things that can be helpful over the Hurricane season Among those items are storm shutters, batteries, cell phone batteries, mobile phone chargers, flashlights, and portable radios. A complete list of tax holiday items is on the Louisiana Department of Revenue’s website.

Law enforcement is ramping up their Click it Or Ticket seatbelt awareness and ticketing campaign over the Memorial Day weekend, to remind drivers about road safety. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Spokesperson Mark Lambert says while they do anticipate an increase in tickets, that’s not necessarily the goal of the campaign.
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A temporary sales tax bill went down in defeat on the House floor, as it fell seven votes short of passage. Representative Lance Harris wrote the tax bill it had been expected to generate 370-million dollars in revenue. But the state’s budget shortfall is projected to be a whopping 648-million. Robert Travis Scott is President of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana. He says the legislation could have reduced the fiscal cliff by renewing one-third of an expiring one-cent sales tax, but not everyone likes it.
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The full House is set to meet again on Monday at 2 PM.