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The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame gets a little bigger this weekend. Becca Dill has more.

Cut 1 (30)  I’m Becca Dill.“

Republicans are taking stock of a contentious series of special sessions that took three attempts this year to come to a resolution Haughton Representative Doddie Horton, who rejected attempts to renew any portion of the one point four billion in expiring taxes, says the state had plenty enough money as is.

Cut 9 (10)  “our means”

Louisiana is no longer leading the nation for incarcerations. That distinction is now locked up by Oklahoma.  Governor John Bel Edwards addressed the latest research that showed the numbers indicating prison populations are going down in the state.

Cut 11 (13) “…going to work better.”

The governor says a report outlining the financial savings from the changes will be available sometime next month.

A conservation coalition led by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is filing a lawsuit to protect the Louisiana Black Bear. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service delisted black bears from the List of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife in March of 2016, but PEER General Counsel Paula Dinerstein says the decision was premature.

Cut 14 (08) “…of the species”