A Southern Media and Opinion Research poll finds that voters approve of what the state House has done when it comes to dealing with Louisiana’s one-point-six billion dollar budget deficit. The House has approved a package of bills that raises revenue from several different sources, and Pollster Bernie Pinsonat says 67-percent of the respondents agree with that approach…
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The poll also indicates that only 17-percent of voters would be okay with the budget balanced through deep cuts in funding.

Retired Army Lieutentant General Russel Honore says he’s still considering a run for governor this year. Honore, who gained a lot of fans for his no nonsense approach following Hurricane Katrina, says even though it’s late in the game, raising money for a campaign would be no problem…
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Honore says if decides to run, he would do so under “No Party” and announce befor the fourth of July.

The state House approves a bill that would allow some motorists to receive a brake tag every five years, instead of current law, which is ever year or every two years. The measure passed on a 58-33 vote, Lafayette Representative Nancy Landy voted in favor…
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The measure, which heads to the senate, would only apply to vehicles seven years old or less, and a five-year sticker would also not be allowed in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas, because of air pollution problems.

On the House floor today, lawmakers are scheduled to vote on whether sex selection abortions should be banned in Louisiana. Supporters say it’s a big social problem in Asian countries and that don’t want to see that practice brought to this state. But Pro-choice activist Shivana Jorawar says it’s not happening in any widespread fashion in the United States…
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The bill passed out of a House committee unanimously.