Medical marijuana is one step closer to becoming legal in Louisiana as Senate Bill 143 moves out of committee and heads to the Senate Floor. Many support the legislation, including Tommy Mead, an LSU Health Sciences Center student, who told the committee that medical marijuana can help him…:
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Some members of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association have expressed opposition.

State Police is investigating the shooting of an armed teenager in Livingston Parish early this morning. Lt. JB Slaton says authorities responded to a 9-1-1 call of a suicidal person and when deputies arrived at the home, 19-year-old Matthew Peyronnin, was on the front porch with a shotgun raised in the direction of the officers…
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Peyronnin is in stable condition.
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New Orleans State Representative Austin Badon is once again pushing legislation that would lessen the penalties for some marijuana possession arrests…
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The investigation into the Baton Rouge shooting death of a woman who was 8 months pregnant Friday night continues, and although police are still saying that former LSU football player 21 year-old La’el Collins is NOT a suspect, some reports say Collins and 29 year-old Brittney Mills did have some kind of romantic relationship in the past. Collins was in Chicago for the NFL draft, but is returning to Baton Rouge to talk to authorities.