Ville Platte Senator Eric LaFleur has a bill in this regular session that would allow 19 and 20-year-olds to purchase alcohol, if they pass a drinking responsbility class and have their parents’ consent. LaFleur says the legal drinking age in most other countries is under 21, so why can’t it be here…
cut 11 (06) “…anywhere else”
LaFleur also believes his legislation can prevent binge drinking behind closed doors by young adults.

The House Criminal Justice Committee has approved a bill that would result in a fine of up to 900-dollars if you illegally transport wild hogs. State Veterinarian Jim LaCour says the feral hogs have infested every parish and by stopping the transportation of the hogs, it will slow the reproduction rates.
Cut 5 (13) “those properties”.
The bill’s author, Kirk Talbot, says people are trapping wild hogs, keeping them alive and then releasing them in a different location.

The Senate Education committee was the site of a testy exchange between lawmakers who were discussing a bill that would impose a moratorium on charter schools. New Orleans Representative Joseph Bouie was testifying on the bill, when Metairie Senator Conrad Appel spoke up…
cut 14 (14) “….I said”
The bill never came up for a vote.

A Jonesville teenager was killed and two others moderately injured following a car accident in Catahoula Parish. 18-year-old Delicia (Da-leash-she-a) Ceasor was killed while 18-year-old Shyonna Jones and another 17-year-old juvenile sustained injuries. Master State Police Trooper Scott Moreau says they believe speeding was a factor…
Cut 9 (10) “it’s roof.”
Moreau says Ceasor was not wearing a seat belt.