The 2015 Louisiana Survey finds that state residents support the legal use of marijuana for medical purposes, but not personal use. LSU Public Policy Research Lab Director Michael Henderson says, even if marijuana remains illegal in Louisiana, 67-percent of the public feel that people convicted of possessing small amounts of pot should not serve jail time…

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He says that number jumps to 79-percent when respondents were informed of the costs of incarceration.

Five major health advocacy groups are teaming up to launch “Invest in a Healthy Louisiana”, a campaign to support Bogalusa Representative Harold Ritchie’s bill to raise the state’s tax on cigarettes by $1.18 a pack. Governor Jindal is calling for tax cuts to offset any tax increase and Ritchie says he’s willing to work with the governor…

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The legislative session begins Monday.

A high school in Monroe which previously told a gay female student that she could not wear a tuxedo to prom has now retracted. Michelle Southern reports…

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The four underage Louisiana college students busted in Alabama transporting over 100 cases of beer and numerous bottles of liquor to spring break have been identified. 18-year-old Harrison Coogan, 19-year-old Brandon Barber, 18-year-old Hunter Coker, and 19-year-old Carson Buckner are all students at LSU who joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity last fall. All four were issued summonses for minor in possession of alcohol.