Legislation heads to the Governor’s desk that would bar clubs from hiring exotic dancers that were not 21 or older. This is the legislation that generated the joke amendment by Jackson Representative Kenny Havard, which called on strippers to be no more than 160 pounds and between the ages of 21 and 28.

During discussion on the House floor yesterday afternoon, Havard took some ribbing from Lafayette Representative Nancy Landry on one of his resolutions on overweight truck movement on state highways…
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At the state capitol today, some intense debate is taking place in two different senate committee. One panel is debating the Pastor Protection bill. This legislation will give clergy protections if they refuse to marry a gay couple. Also, opposition is mounting in a Senate committee over the Sanctuary City Bill.

New Orleans officials present their pitch to the NFL owners in Charlotte today to host the 2019 Super Bowl. Emelie Gunn has more….
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A 66-year-old Kenner man receives a 10-year prison sentence for choking and shooting at his wife after learning she didn’t have dinner plans. Charles Gussett plead guility to illegal use of a weapon, using a firearm during a crime of violence and domestic abuse battery. The argument that turned violent took place in 2013.