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Governor Landry vetoed a bill that would have given him the ability to pardon certain first-time convicted marijuana possession offenders without the recommendation of the pardon board. Brooke Thorington has more.
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45-year-old Charlene Henderson was found guilty in a Caddo Parish District Court Wednesday for the 2022 shooting death of her husband, Larry Clark. Investigators says after she killed him, she doused his body with gasoline. She will be sentenced July 16th.
Sulphur businessman Todd Hine says his auto insurance rates are up more than 40%. He’s the owner of Hine Environmental Services, and he’s been told the rates are going up because of the state’s legal climate.
Hine met with Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple who told him the state needs tort reform legislation but legislation to make such changes was vetoed by Governor Landry.
Louisiana’s unemployment rate decreased to 4.1-percent in May. Emily Epps with the Louisiana Workforce Commission says 86 thousand individuals were unemployed last month, and the state is recording over 100 thousand vacant jobs, which will likely remain unfilled.