It’s been a rough year in sports for Louisiana with the no call in the NFC Championship game, the drama surrounding Anthony Davis, the Will Wade FBI wire tap scandal, so the state was due for some good luck. And they got it last night with the Pelicans winning the NBA Draft Lottery, which gives them the right to draft Duke superstar Zion Williamson next month.

If you have yet to file your 2018 state income tax return, your time is running out….
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The Louisiana House has approved legislation that would allow medical marijuana patients to use an inhaler to deliver the therapeutic cannabis into their system. Baton Rouge Representative Ted James says the proposal would also allow doctors who live out of state to prescribe medical marijuana to Louisiana patients…
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The measure faces more discussion in the Senate.

New Orleans vegetable and flower farmer Margee Green announces she will run against Republican Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain this fall. The Democrat says she wants to do more to help small and midsize farmers, advance the state’s medical marijuana program and she’s also concerned about the environment…
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Natchitoches Parish farmer Charlie Greer is another Democrat running against Strain.