A female Shreveport police officer was fatally shot last night before she was set to begin her night shift. Corporal Marcus Hines says one person has been detained, but there’s been no update on whether charges have been filed. The Shreveport Times has identified the fallen officer as Chateri Payne, who recently joined the force.

The Louisiana Legislative Women’s Caucus has requested the Board of Ethics to reconsider a decision that prohibits campaign funds be used on child care costs. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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President Donald Trump has made plans to visit New Orleans on Monday as he’ll speak at the American Farm Bureau Convention. The Crescent City has more registered Democrats than Republicans, so ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says you can bet there will be protestors near the Morial Convention Center…
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The Farm Bureau Convention begins tomorrow and runs through Wednesday.

The Pelican Institute is asking lawmakers to back their revenue neutral tax plan that they say would slash corporate and upper-income tax levels by eliminating the myriad tax exemptions and deductions that have been installed in the Louisiana constitution over several decades. Senior policy fellow Chris Jacobs calls for eliminating refunds for businesses like job incentives, inventory tax credits, and others…
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The upcoming session is a fiscal one, so lawmakers can make changes to the state’s tax code.