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(The Center Square) — Louisiana legislators are signaling that the upcoming regular session may bring renewed discussions about expanding the sales tax to include additional services.

(The Center Square) — In an 11th hour tax-reform provision included in House Bill 10, $280 million from vehicle sales taxes will be redirected to the general fund, delaying infrastructure projects such as the Interstate 49 expansion and a new Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge.

(The Center Square) — When you sit down next time at your favorite seafood restaurant, ask your server where their shrimp is from.

LAKE ARTHUR — After two years of planning and preparation, wastewater treatment plant improvements are finally moving forward.

NEW YORK (AP) — Surveillance footage is providing more clues about the gunman who killed the head of the largest U.S. health insurer. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed Wednesday as he walked from his midtown hotel to the company’s annual investor conference across the street. On Friday, the gunman’s whereabouts and identity is still unknown as is the reason for the killing. Investigators are working to piece together more of the timeline of the gunman’s movements before the shooting. Police have obtained new surveillance images of the suspect, including from the city’s subway system, a law enforcement official says. The official who was not authorized to discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

(AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the law — which requires TikTok to break ties with its Chinabased parent company ByteDance or be banned by mid-January — is constitutional.