Entergy says they have made a lot of progress when it comes to getting power back on for customers in the path of Monday’s storms in south Louisiana, but unfortunately damage was worse than thought in other places. Spokesman Will Johnson says they are now dealing with destruction that was not anticipated…:
CUT 6 (11) “restoration process”
There are still about 30,000 customers in the dark and Johnson says they hope to have everybody back up Thursday but some of the outages might last into Friday.

New Orleans state Representative Austin Badon is once again pushing legislation that would lessen the penalties for some marijuana possession arrests. Badon says House Bill 149 in no way legalizes marijuana for either medical or recreational use. He says the bill only brings fairness to sentencing for simple marijuana possession…:
CUT 3 (09) “subsequent convictions”
He says the DA’s Association is not opposed to the bill.

Baton Rouge police say their detectives want to speak with former LSU Tiger La’el Collins about the shooting death of a pregnant woman in the capitol city but he is not a suspect. 29-year-old Brittney Mills was gunned down at her home last Friday. Corporal Don Coppola says Collins may know something…:
CUT 17 (10) “Ms Mills Killer”
He says the two had a relationship but didn’t go into details.

Legislation that would allow a domestic abuse victim to immediately move out an apartment or rented home without facing a penalty for violating the lease was approved by a senate committee. Cashuana Hill, executive director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Center, says this legislation is needed, because there are numerous cases where a domestic abuse victim is evicted from their home, because the apartment complex has a policy against domestic violence…:
cut 14 (05) “for that abuse”
But opponents say landlords aren’t qualified to decide who’s right and who’s wrong in domestic abuse cases.