Here’s what you may have missed in the latest issue of LaPolitics Weekly, published last week… — THAT SPECIAL FEELING: Gov. Jeff Landry opened a mostly tax-focused special session with a speech that took shots at defenders of the current system while seeking to reassure local officials and urging lawmakers not to break up the administration’s wide-ranging package… — POST-ELECTION …

— The Advocate: Louisiana taxpayers, LSU didn’t pay for tiger at Alabama game, Jeff Landry reps say — Illuminator: Louisiana takes first step toward taxing digital streaming services — The Advocate: Carwashes. Tattoos. Towing. Many services might start getting taxed in Louisiana under new plan — The Advocate: Will Trump consider Louisiana’s Cade Brumley for ed secretary? Brumley’s admirers …

— SPORTS BETTING EXPENSES: Rep. Roger Wilder has filed a bill that would more than triple the taxation rate for purveyors of some forms of sports betting. HB 22 would increase from 15 percent to 51 percent the tax on net gaming proceeds from electronic sports wagering on websites and mobile applications. “Net gaming proceeds” means the total gross revenue …

Since revenue bills have to start in the House, most of the action of Gov. Jeff Landry’s(mostly) tax-focused special section so far has happened on the representatives’ side of the Capitol.  Landry’s package has been advancing in the opening days, while senators watch and wait. Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Chair Franklin Foil said his committee probably would …