Lawmakers return to the captiol today after a four-day break from Baton Rouge. The Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs committee will debate legislation this afternoon that would exempt certain feminine hygiene products and diapers from the state sales tax. Louisiana Budget Project Executive Director Jan Moller supports the proposal…
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But this legislation failed to get support in 2017.

A bill waiting to be heard in a House committee would not publicize the companies that provide the state with drugs to carry out lethal injections. Hammond Representative Nicky Muscarello says families who had loved ones killed by someone on death row were promised an execution and this legislation would help increase the odds of that happening…
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Louisiana has not performed an execution since 2010.

Juniors and Seniors at public high schools may soon have the chance to take two college courses, free of charge starting next year…
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Advocate newspaper reporter Tyler Bridges says reports that indicate former Governor Kathleen Blanco’s death is imminent are not true and she is not under hospice care. But Bridges says it does appear Blanco is in her final stages in her battle against cancer…
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