Republican Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins files legislation to enact random drug tests for members of the U-S House and Senate. Higgins says you wouldn’t want emergency personnel to be intoxicated on the job and you sure wouldn’t want legislators to be under the influence either.
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But Higgins says he knows this legislation will likely not receive approval from a House committee.

13 women are pursuing complaints involving discrimination against the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Attorney Allison Jones represents nine former softball players who complained they were not getting the same amount of resources as men to compete and then faced retalition after their complaints were made to school officials…
cyut 5 (07) “…at that university”
The university strongly denies the allegations.

The seven inmates that climed a perimeter fence at Madison Parish Detention Center in Tallulah are back behind bars today. The jail break occurred around mid-day yesterday and the last of the prisoners on the run were caught at 9:15 last night. LaSalle Corrections Development Executive Ken Sumrall says they did not make it far, after a perimeter was set up…
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Sumrall says the inmates took advantage of a breach and this was not a planned escape.

Hurricane Florence looks to cause substantial flooding and knock out power to millions along the East Coast when it makes landfall tomorrow. Entergy Louisiana has sent 200 employees and contractors to the region to help restore the power. Company spokesperson Lee Sabatini says extending a helping hand is very rewarding for the company and its employees…
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