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Louisiana House approves tax measures

BATON ROUGE — Key provisions of the governor’s plan to cut personal income and corporate taxes passed the state House of Representatives on Tuesday.

Council introduces zoning changes

The Jennings City Council voted to introduce an ordinance to amend a portion of the comprehensivezoningregulations for the city earlier this week.

Utility insurance benefits residents

ELTON — Residents here have been benefitting from leak loss protection insurance which helps safeguard against water utility incidents and town officials are encouraging residents to sign up.

Pierrotti addresses ongoing projects

ELTON — Elton officials have been playing catch up on paperwork, audits and overdue bills since Mayor Mike Pierrotti took over the office this spring after former mayor Kesia Lemoine was recalled.

Surprise bids revive hope for offshore wind in Gulf of Mexico after feds cancel lease sale

(AP) — A surprise pitch from a Chicago company with no experience building offshore wind farms has reignited enthusiasm for wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico.

Increased sales taxes could worsen already high insurance premiums

— Increased sales taxes could worsen Louisiana's already high insurance premiums To make up lost revenue from the proposed income tax cut, the Legislature is proposing to expand the list of sales and use taxes on a wide variety of services.

POLICE REPORT

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(Editor’s Note: An arrest does not indicate whether a person is guilty of the crime with which they have been charged. A person is not considered guilty until they are convicted of a crime in a court of law.)

Water district collaborates on improvements

The Jeff Davis Parish Police Jury is considering entering into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement (CEA) with Water District No. 4’s water board for capital improvements to their water system.

BIDEN SET TO MEET SOUTH KOREAN, JAPANESE LEADERS AMID GROWING WORRIES ABOUT NORTH KOREA

LIMA, Peru (AP) — President Joe Biden is gathering South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for talks. Friday’s meeting comes amid heightened concerns about North Korea’s growing military partnership with Russia and Pyongyang’s stepped-up ballistic missile tests. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru. It also follows North Korea deploying thousands of troops to Russia to help Moscow try to claw back land in Russia’s Kursk border region that Ukraine seized earlier this year. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un also ordered a series of ballistic missile tests in the lead-up to this month’s U.S. election.

Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is presidentelect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary.