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Louisiana budget special session collapses without tax deal

Source: https://wwltv.com/article/news/local/louisiana-budget-special-session-collapses-without-tax-deal/289-561518397 - Jun 5, 2018

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers failed to reach a tax deal by Monday’s deadline, cratering their second special session this year without agreement and passing a budget that would force deep cuts across state government next month.

The House and Senate couldn’t agree on what level of taxes to raise in the budget year that begins July 1, and the House ended at midnight in meltdown as lawmakers tried to scramble to bring up a sales tax bill that was opposed by House GOP leaders.

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