Parks Senator Fred Mills will present his medical marijuana bill before the House Health and Welfare Committee today. Jeff Palermo reports…
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Republican Gubernatorial candidate Scott Angelle announces he’ll be touring north Louisiana beginning this week. Michelle Southern reports…:
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A football player for LSU is booked with felony domestic abuse for allegedly choking his fiance in the presence of children. Michelle Southern reports…:
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Parks Senator Fred Mills will present his medical marijuana bill before the House Health and Welfare Committee today. The measure cleared the full Senate on a 22-13 vote. He says medical marijuana has been legal in Louisiana since a law was passed back in 1991…
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The bill would allow for the cultivation and dispensing of medical marijuana. A similar bill by Mills failed to pass committee last year. Mills says he’s worked with the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association to make the bill more acceptable to lawmakers. He says some changes included putting the Department of Agriculture in charge of growing medical marijuana and limiting the number of dispensing pharmacies in the state to ten…
The measure would also make medical marijuana available only in an oil form, not in its raw form where people would smoke it. Governor Bobby Jindal says he doesn’t see any glaring concerns with Mills’ bill…
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Republican Gubernatorial candidate Scott Angelle announces he’ll be touring north Louisiana beginning this week. According to a release, the tour will travel through 27 parishes meeting with local officials, business owners, educators and other residents. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says this is brilliant strategy…:
Recent polls have shown the Public Service Commissioner Angelle trailing the other three major candidates Democratic Representative John Bel Edwards, Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne and the leader, US Senator David Vitter. Stockley says north Louisiana has always been a hot spot for Vitter…:
Today Angelle will be in Madison and Tensas parishes hosting a meet-and-greet with over 150 sportsmen. In the release, Angelle says north Louisiana is crucial to the success of our state and voters there are looking for a governor who appreciates the vital role they play in our economy. Stockley says this tour indicates that he’s serious about this campaign…:
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Former US Senator Mary Landrieu has found a new job. She’s been hired by the Washington DC lobbying firm Van Ness Feldman as a Senior Policy Advisor. Political analyst Clancy Dubos says it’s not a surprise for former Senators and US Representatives to accept these kind of jobs…
The company says Landrieu will advise clients on various public policy and regulatory issues with an emphasis on energy, natural resources and infrastructure matters. Dubos says Landrieu’s career as a politician will help her out in her new occupation….
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Dubos says it’s likely Landrieu’s days in public office are over and this announcement signals a career change…
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A football player for LSU is booked with felony domestic abuse for allegedly choking his fiance in the presence of children. East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s office Spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks says the victim claims she and 22-year-old Jevonte Domond got into a huge argument when the incident took place…:
Hicks says Domond was arrested for felony domestic abuse battery by strangulation with minor children present. She says the woman claimed she was strangled by Domond to the point of almost completely blacking out…:(Hicks says the woman’s injuries were consistent with her story and there was also a witness who corroborated the claim.)
Domond is a junior who transferred to LSU last summer and played in one game. He is a 6-foot-6 offensive tackle and weighs 310 pounds. A spokesman from the team says he has been suspended. Hicks says the suspect told detectives there was a dispute that started earlier in the day when the woman pulled a knife on him on threatened him…:
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The Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and the Allstate Sugar Bowl have put in a bid to host the College Football Playoff National Championship game in 2019 or 2020. New Orleans is already competing to host the Super Bowls in those same years. Jay Cicero, Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation President says it would be their hope to get both big games in the same year…:
It’s being reported as many as 9 cities are bidding to host the big game between 2018-2020. Cicero says they’ve put together a great presentation and they know there will be many other potential host sites hoping to get the games…:
New Orleans can’t bid on 2018 because The Big Easy is already going to host the National Semifinal game that year. Cicero says there will be site visits over the summer and the decision will be made mid-October. He says one of their main concerns is brand new stadiums, but a lot of those cities can’t offer all New Orleans has to offer…:
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