Louisiana lawmakers have advanced bills to flatten the state's income tax rate and repeal the corporate franchise tax in a special legislative session focused on passing Gov.

If approved by the full House and Senate, the plan would eliminate the current tax brackets and move the state closer to eliminating the income tax.

A legislative committee in Louisiana has approved the popular parts of Gov. Jeff Landry's tax plan, but obstacles loom.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The National Institutes of Health decided to relocate nearly two dozen retired research chimpanzees from a facility in New Mexico to a sanctuary in Louisiana, a move celebrated Friday by animal advocates who have been fighting for years to get the animals moved.

A decades-long battle to move chimps from a former research facility here in New Mexico to a sanctuary in Louisiana has finally come to an end. “We’ve been waiting for a long time,” said Gene Grant, Chief Program & Policy Officer for Animal Protection New Mexico (APNM).

About two dozen chimpanzees deemed too feeble to be moved a few years ago will be going to Chimp Haven after all. The NIH said originally they'd be kept in New Mexico for their own safety.