Winnfield Representative Jack McFarland says he’ll propose a bill in next year’s legislative session that would raise the state’s gasoline tax 22-cents over the next 10 years in order to generate 300-million dollars a year in revenue for road and bridgework. McFarland says the Government Reform and Transportation Act will also look at reforming the state transportation department….
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The state currently has a 20-cent tax on a gallon of gasoline sold.

Ragin Cajuns Coach Billy Napier says he’s feeling better after testing positive for COVID-19 last week. The school says Napier began to exhibit symptoms on Tuesday night and the 41-year-old says it got worse on Thursday…
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The state has surpassed one-thousand coronavirus patients in the hospital. It’s the first time in three months that Louisiana hospitals have had this large of a coronavirus patient count. There were nearly one-thousand new coronavirus cases today and 24 more deaths.

The American Farm Bureau Federation says based on its survey the cost of a home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner is about two dollars cheaper this year. Taylor Sharp spoke with Louisiana Farm Burea Association spokesperson Avery Davidson

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