Today’s US Supreme court ruling means sports gambling won’t just be restricted to Nevada. Jim Shannon on what it means for Louisiana.
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Governor John Bel Edwards holds a press conference this afternoon where it’s expected he’ll release the call for a special session that would begin next week. Edwards has said a special session is needed, because the state needs to replace expiring sales taxes to fill a 648-million budget deficit.

A bill that would allow convicted felons who have been out of prison for five years to vote, even if they are on probation or parole is heading to the full senate for final passage. The measure passed the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, despite opposition from Jonesboro Senator Jim Fannin, who says five years too soon….
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If passed, the measure would take effect on March 1st, 2019.

A Sorrento man has been charged with vehicular homicide in the boating death of his son. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries spokesperson Adam Einck says 53-year-old Patrick White was operating a a 20-foot aluminum vessel when he slammed into a river wall. Einck says White flunked a field sobriety test when an L-D-W-F agent arrived…
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Caleb White was 27-years-old.