— Louisiana lawmakers held a hearing this week to discuss possible changes to the state's tax code, a task made more urgent by a recent report that ranked the state near the bottom for its business climate.
WALLACE (AP) — Sisters Jo and Dr. Joy Banner live just miles from where their ancestors were enslaved more than 200 years ago in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Their tidy Creole cottage cafe in the small riverfront town of Wallace lies yards from property their great-grandparents bought more than a century ago.
— Despite the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supporting a scaled-down flood control lake near downtown Jackson, Mississippi, environmental groups and residents in Louisiana remain opposed to the project, saying it could result in environmental damage to coastal fisheries and wetlands.
— Former President Donald Trump made his first appearance at the Republican National Convention on Monday evening, just two days after an assassination attempt.
— There were more than 205,000 illegal border crossers apprehended in June, according to new U.S. Customs and Border Protection data released on Monday.
— The FBI has finished searching the home and car of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the shooter who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Saturday, the agency said Monday.
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