A proposal to allow teachers to arm themselves in the classroom failed on a 9 to 7 vote in the House Criminal Justice committee. Shreveport Representative Barbara Norton was one of the lawmakers to vote against it…
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Chalmette Representative Raymond Garofalo, argued the gun free zone sign at schools is an invitation to come slaughter our children like sheep.

The House Governmental Affairs Committee approved a bill to make it easier to recall an elected official. The measure lowers the required signatures needed from voters in larger cities and parishes to trigger a special election. Pollster John Couvillon says the state’s current threshold is too high…
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A Slidell man has been charged in his 4-year-old son’s drowning death. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Two children in Bastrop were killed in a house fire. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says the parents were able to escape, but they made a last ditch effort to save their kids…
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The ages of the victims are 8-year-old 7-years-old.