Is legalized marijuana on the horizon for Louisiana? New poll results may surprise you. David Grubb has more.
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Senator John Kennedy’s re-election campaign reports the St. Tammany Parish Republican has raised five million dollars in the first quarter of 2022 and has 14-million in his war chest
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A three-year-old was killed while sleeping in his bed Tuesday night after shots were fired outside his home. Baton Rouge Police Sgt L’Jean McKneely says the victim Devin Page Junior was killed around 11 PM in the 5100 block of Fairfields Ave.
McKneely says the toddler was pronounced dead on the scene and the home where he was sleeping was not the intended target.
Police are asking for anyone with information to assist with their investigation.
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Many residents in Northwest Louisiana are without power after storms swept through the area Tuesday. SWEPCO spokesperson Carey Sullivan says more than 34,000 customers in the Shreveport-Bossier area are without power.
Sullivan says over 700 linemen and additional crew worked overnight to speed restoration efforts.
Weather-wise however another round of storms is in the forecast today which Sullivan says could hinder restoration efforts.
Sullivan says you can visit their website at SWEPCO.com and view their outage map and also sign up to receive text messages with updates on when your power will be restored.
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There’s a shift happening in Louisiana…at least when it comes to supporting the legalization of recreational marijuana. According to results of polling done by the University of New Orleans Survey Research Center, almost 60 percent of registered voters in the state support making cannabis legal. Dr. Ed Chervenak says that’s a 22 percent increase from just four years ago.
Chervenak says Louisiana’s results mirror what’s happening around the nation as attitudes have evolved based on a number of factors…
A proposal to decriminalize marijuana has moved to the U-S Senate, but what does that mean for Louisiana? Last year House Bill 524 would have done the same; it advanced out of committee before dying on the House floor. Chervenak says the governor has not been a proponent in the past, but now…
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Louisiana Senator John Kennedy raised more than $5 million in the first quarter of 2022 for a total of $14 million for his re-election campaign. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the dollar signs are indicative of Kennedy’s ability to raise money.
Pinsonat says while Kennedy is heavily predicted to win re-election the state’s junior senator knows all too well to be extremely prepared given the current stanch political divide in DC.
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And because Kennedy will receive national support from Republicans and out-of-state political action committees, Pinsonat says that means his more than $14 million will go even farther.
So far Democrats Gary Chambers and Luke Mixon have announced their intent to run against Kennedy.
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A House committee approves legislation that would give the Legislature the ability to end certain portions of a governor’s emergency executive order. Abita Springs Representative Larry Frieman’s measure is in response to the governor’s public health orders during the pandemic that placed restrictions on businesses…
A similar bill was vetoed by Governor John Bel Edwards last year, but today the House Governmental Affairs approved Frieman’s proposal that would allow a majority vote from the House and Senate to overturn a governor’s emergency order.
New Orleans Representative Royce Duplessis voted no because he believes in a separation of powers in state government…
But Frieman says there also should be checks and balances in state government…
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