Senator Kennedy is pushing to force the Social Security Administration to get more dead people off the rolls, to cut back on benefit fraud. Matt Doyle has more…

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Police say 49-year-old Ronald Greene, of West Monroe, is dead after a high-speed chase that started in Ouachita Parish and ended with a crash in Union Parish. According to Louisiana State Police, the chase began around midnight Friday, May 10, near the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

Authorities say state troopers tried to pull Greene over but he sped away. After he crashed, troopers say they tried to take him into custody, but he became combative. A struggle ensued, and he was then handcuffed.

Police say when EMS arrived on the scene, he became unresponsive and died on the way to the hospital.

Police say toxicology tests and an autopsy are being performed. The results are pending.

House Ways and Means will hear a bill Monday that would repeal the .45 percent state sales tax levied in the last legislative session to plug a budget deficit. But Haughton Representative Dodie Horton says the nearly half-a-cent sales tax is producing a surplus…

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The bill is authored by Alexandria Representative Lance Harris.

Flash flood watches are in effect across Louisiana through Saturday as another two to four inches of rain is expected. Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness spokesperson Mike Steele says keep a close eye on the roads, and do not attempt to cross flooded streets…

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The same system has already caused localized flooding in the northwestern portions of the state, flooding the required rescue operations.