The first hearing on the expulsion of state Senator Troy Brown was held today. Michelle Southern reports…:
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A former St. John Parish sheriff’s deputy will spend 10 years in prison for spreading HIV to two juveniles. Prosecutors say 33-year-old Barlon Cammon transmitted the virus during multiple encounters, with 15 and 16-year-old boys. Cammon was not a deputy at the time and he’ll have to register as a sex offender upon his release.

The House Appropriations Committee is meeting to discuss how to address the state’s 304-million dollar budget shortfall. Republican chairman Cameron Henry says during negotitations they continue to propose deeper cuts to the Louisiana Department of Health that could be done without impacting patients, but he says the governor doesn’t see it that way…
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The special session to deal with the budget deficit must end next Wednesday.

Thanks to support from a New Orleans animal rescue group, 39 pit bulls at the St. Landry Parish Animal Control will not have to be put down. Stacey Alleman says Tia Torees of Pit Bulls and Parolees is providing the resources…
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Alleman says the national Human Society has stepped as well.