The House Judiciary Committee continues hearing articles of impeachment today. Kevin Barnhart has the story.

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The US Department of Justice awards jurisdictions in the Western District of Louisiana a million dollars.

Western District United States Attorney David Joseph explains the intent of the program.

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A number of municipalities applied to get a boost to their most successful programs. Overall, the DOJ handed out 376 million dollars nationwide.

Advocates say after implementation of 2017’s criminal justice reform, the state needs to turn its attention to the fact that Louisiana has highest percentage of inmates serving ‘life without parole’ sentences in the U.S.

The Promise of Justice organization’s Attorney Jamila Johnson says attempts to include changes to life without parole sentencing in 2017 were scrapped, leaving Louisiana as a major, international outlier…

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In sports news, LSU quarterback Joe Burrow made the Heisman Trophy finalists list. USA Today LSU writer and Heisman voter Glenn Guilbeau has confidence that Burrow will take the honor despite competition.

While the Crimson Tide had hopes of getting the trophy through much of the season, Guilbeau believes Bama QB Tua Tagovailoa’s (TWO-UH TONGUE-UH-VIOLA) injury has had no impact on Burrow’s chances of securing the Heisman.

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If Burrow is named the Heisman Trophy winner, he would be the second LSU Tiger to take the prize, in the wake of Billy Cannon who received the Heisman 60 years ago.