The Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office has released a report raising concerns about a decline water levels because of drought or over-pumping, which in turn have resulted in low surface water flows, impaired surface water quality and degraded groundwater quality due to saltwater intrusion in some areas. Audit Manager Gina Brown says to save water for future generations, they recommend the adoption of a Texas-style creation of “water regions”…
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Brown says since 1956, the state has spent at least 5-million dollars on water management strategies and the state still does not have a water management plan.

Water management might be a topic for the upcoming legislative session, but Senate President Page Cortez says TORT reform is shaping up to be the key issue…
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The legislative session begins on March 9th.

A nearly eight-year-old missing child case out of Acadiana gets national attention tonight. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Breaux Bridge police have charged 28-year-old Dominique Howard with negligent homicide after her four-month-old child died. A cause of death has not been determined.