It’s Love the Boot Week and Keep Louisiana Beautiful has more than 250 cleanup and beautification events this week. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says they have more than twice the number of volunteers this year and there’s plenty of trash.
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Go to keep-louisiana-beautiful-dot-org to volunteer for a clean-up effort.

An emotional debate is expected at the state capitol today as a Senate committee is set to hear a bill that would eliminate the death penalty in Louisiana. Proponents of the death penalty argue the punishment gives closure to families of murder victims. But death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean disagrees…:
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A bill that would allow voters to decide on term limits for assessors is moving forward. David Grubb has more.
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The bill heads to the House floor for more debate.