Baton Rouge Representative Barbara Carpenter wants parents convicted of killing their minor children to be added to the list of first-degree murder thus making them eligible for the death penalty.
The bill cleared the committee with two votes in opposition and now goes to the House.
Louisiana is closing in on reaching a 100-million dollar settlement on a class-action lawsuit dating back to 1983 when 12-hundred home and business owners in Tangipahoa Parish sued the state over flooding caused by the construction of I-12. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says 21- million is set aside for the settlement, but the Legislature will need to allocate 45-million dollars this year and another 35-million dollars next year…
The Louisiana Board of Regents is removing a major roadblock on the path to graduation. David Grubb has the story.
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