There’s no consensus yet on how to fill a 304-million dollar gap in the state’s budget. Jeff Palermo has more on the special session..:
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The Southern Miss Student who was killed after he fell from an 11th story Canal Street hotel in New Orleans was highly intoxicated at the time, according to reports. The man is identified by the coroner’s office as 20-year-old Cole Whaley. Authorities believe Whaley ran through the window breaking it, lost his balance and landed on the ground outside near the pool.

Black community leaders want more answers about what happened at a restaurant where a Baton Rouge judge is accused of calling a woman at the bar, the n-word. Activist Daniel Banguel even though Judge Mike Erwin denies this ever happened, why was he banned from all of Sammy’s establishments…:
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Erwin says no witnesses have come forward on the matter.

Investigation Discovery is premiering a new show tonight that features a homicide detective profiling cases he worked while with Shreveport PD. Rod Demery says all of the crimes featured in the show have been solved and he hopes Murder Chose Me will humanize what goes on after a murder…:
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The show begins at 9pm.