A report from the USA Today Network says House Republican leaders are considering legislation for next year’s session to scale back the .45-cent temporary state sales tax, because of a projected surplus. But Governor John Bel Edwards says he wants to reinvest the additional revenue into state services that have suffered a decade of cuts….
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Economists for the governor and legislature forecast a 150-million dollar surplus for next fiscal year.

The Holiday Season is already a week long, but a survey has found one in three Americans are already suffering from “Festive Burnout.” LSU Health New Orleans clinical psychologist Dr. Michelle Moore says several factors can contribute to making this season not so jolly….
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Authorities say they walked in on one of the worst cases of neglect they’ve ever seen in Rapides Parish after responding to a call about a natural death.
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The Edwards Administration has told the Secretary of State’s office they’ll have to redo a contract to replace the state’s decades-old voting machines. Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin thought they had a deal with Dominion Voting Systems, but Louisiana’s chief procurement officer found problems with how Dominion was selected. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne agrees with that assessment.