Many folks are surprised to see state sales tax holidays have been suspended for the next seven years as a result of the budget and funding deal approved at the end of the last special session. It wasn’t until a few weeks after the session wrapped up that the public found out about the cancellation. Jonesboro Representative Jack McFarland says the decision to end sales tax holidays wasn’t intentional, but…
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The Louisiana Department of Corrections says they’ve arrested one of their guards at Angola who allegedly hid marijuana in his Subway sandwich. 33-year-old Jeffery Day of Mississippi has resigned from the department is facing criminal charges. Officials say his attempt to smuggle drugs was thwarted during a routine shakedown.

LaPolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford has learned Baton Rouge businessman and former Democratic Party Chairman Jim Bernhard is considering a possible campain to challenge John Bel Edwards in next year’s governor’s race. Alford says Bernhard has thought about running before, but never pulled the trigger. He says Republican Congressman Ralph Abraham is a better bet to run…
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Republican Senator John Kennedy and Attorney General Jeff Landry have also indicated they may run for governor next year.

Rapides Parish deputies have arrested Sherman Lane Nash on animal cruelty charges. Captain Tommy Carnline says they discovered 17 Pit Bull dogs, all chained, on his property in Pineville as part of an alleged dog fighting operation….
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Nash was released on a 13-thousand dollar bond.