Parks Senator Fred Mills’ medical marijuana bill will be heard before the House Health and Welfare Committee today. A similar bill by Mills failed to pass committee last year. He says some changes in the bill this year include putting the Department of Agriculture in charge of growing medical marijuana and limiting the number of dispensing pharmacies in the state to ten…

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Mills says he’s worked with the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association to make the bill more acceptable to lawmakers.

Republican Gubernatorial candidate Scott Angelle will take a tour of north Louisiana beginning this week. Recent polls have shown Angelle trailing the other three major candidates; Democratic Representative John Bel Edwards, Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne and the leader, US Senator David Vitter. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says north Louisiana has always been a hot spot for Vitter…

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Angelle’s tour will travel through 27 parishes.

Former US Senator Mary Landrieu has landed a new job. She’s been hired as a Senior Policy Advisor by the Washington DC lobbying firm Van Ness Feldman. Political analyst Clancy Dubos says Landrieu’s career as a politician will help her out in her new occupation….

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The company says Landrieu will advise clients on various public policy and regulatory issues with an emphasis on energy, natural resources and infrastructure matters.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office says LSU offensive tackle Jevonte Domond is booked with felony domestic abuse for allegedly choking his fiance in the presence of children. Spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks says the victim claimed she was strangled by Domond to the point of almost completely blacking out…

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LSU football coach Les Miles says Domond has been suspended from the team.