Legislation to protect clergy from sanctions if they refuse to perform a same-sex marriage ceremony passes out of a House committee….
voicer 2 (31) “…..I’m Halen Doughty”

The governor’s proposed budget for next fiscal year calls for cuts to the TOPS scholarship program, public-private hospitals for the poor, colleges and public schools. Edwards says the spending plan looks like this way because of a 750-million dollar shortfall…
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A senate committee has advanced to the Senate floor a bill that raises the adult prosecution age from 17 to 18-years-old. A 15-year-old high school student spoke in favor of the bill. She says her brother was arrested at 17 and spent a week in jail without any school…
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Louisiana is just one of nine states that has 17-year-olds in their criminal justice system.

Sad day for LSU and Saints fans. That’s because the former running back and analyst on Saints radio broadcasts Hokie Gajan passed away at the age of 56 after a battle with cancer. Gajan blocked for former LSU running back Charles Alexander, who says Gajan loved being on the football field…
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Saints play-by-play man Jim Henderson called Gajan a man’s man.