Baton Rouge Police have arrested 35-year-old Earl Johnson, Jr. for the murder of a woman that was broadcast on Facebook Live Monday. Sgt. L’Jean McKneely says East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputies located a vehicle with the victim’s body inside and then Baton Rouge Police was informed about the murder in the Sherwood Forest area.

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Johnson faces First Degree Murder, Theft of a Vehicle, and Aggravated Flight from an Officer charges. He was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

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The House Health and Welfare Committee approves legislation that would move regulation of the state’s medical-marijuana program from the state’s agriculture department to the Louisiana Department of Health. Houma Representative Tanner Magee’s measure is in response to criticism the ag department has hindered medical marijuana availability…

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The bill heads to the House floor for more discussion.

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It’s Love the Boot Week and Keep Louisiana Beautiful has more than 250 cleanup and beautification events going on around the state. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says they have more than twice the number of volunteers this year and plenty of trash to pick up.

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Go to keep-louisiana-beautiful-dot-org to volunteer for a clean-up effort.

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An emotional debate is underway at the state capitol today as a Senate committee discusses 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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