Two bills are moving through the legislature that seek to reduce prison times for repeat marijuana possession offenders. Similar efforts had failed in the past, but New Orleans Senator JP Morrell says this time around, the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association and the Louisiana District Attorney Association do not oppose the legislation.
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Morrell’s bill reduces mandatory jail time to 8 years.

Shrimp season opened just over a week ago and local shrimpers are seeing prices at the dock take a nose dive. Clint Guidry, President of the Louisiana Shrimp Association, says there is one big factor contributing to the big drop in price…
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He would like to see the feds step in with import restrictions on shrimp.
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A bill that would ban sex selection abortions in Louisiana stalls in a Senate Judiciary Committee. The proposal by Houma Representative Lenar Whitney would penalize doctors who knowingly end a pregnancy because of sex preference. She says this is a problem in Asian communities where there is a preference for boys…:
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Opponents say there’s no evidence to indicate this is a problem.

Another round of severe weather rolled through Louisiana earlier today causing flooding and widespread power outages. And it’s not over yet…
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State Climatologist Barry Keim, who says there is at least a 50-percent chance of rain each day for the rest of the week.