The legislature convenes at noon today, and TOPS, criminal justice reform and raising the gas tax will be hot topics….:
Cut 1 (32) “I’m Emelie Gunn”

Flood impacted homeowners can now fill out a survey to see if they qualify for federal assistance. The Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Julie Baxter Payer says the state needs to know what homeowners recovery needs are now…:
Cut 10 (06) “some reimbursement”
The questionnaire is available online at restore.la.gov.

The father of the 6 year old child who was gunned down by former officers in Marksville in 2015 was arrested over the weekend for allegedly strangling his girlfriend. The domestic abuse charge against Christopher Few comes just 8 days after one of the cops, Derrick Stafford, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the slaying of the child, Jeremy Mardis.

A bill to raise the minimum age of strippers to 21 is back again for this legislative session. A similar measure passed last year, but the law was recently temporarily blocked by a judge over broad wording. It’s Lake Charles Representative Ronnie Johns’ bill and he says the judge didn’t seem to have an issue with the age restriction aspect…:
Cut 13 (09) “talking about”
He says the goal of this year’s bill is the same as 2016, to try to put a dent in the state’s human trafficking problem.