1:30 LRN Newscast April 22

Baton Rouge Police say a four-year-old has died after being forced to consume a bottle of whiskey and her relatives are behind bars. Brooke Thorington has more.

Cut 1 (33) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

A manhunt continues as multiple agencies are still looking for a Union Parish Work Release inmate. 48-year-old Bruce Causey stabbed a coworker at Foster Farms in Farmerville, Louisiana, and was last seen in Monroe yesterday around 11 am. If you have any information, contact the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office at 318-368-3124.

Houma Representative Tanner Magee considers himself a music aficionado, and as one, something has bothered him for a very long time…the fact that the city of Memphis lays claim as the home of rock and roll. A trip to the legendary Sun Records studio years ago has inspired him to propose HB 889, which would create a rock and roll museum in New Orleans.

Cut 6 (12) “…comes to Memphis.”

The bill passed House Municipal and now heads to the floor for further debate.

Should Louisiana increase the number of medical marijuana pharmacy licenses? That’s a debate underway in the ongoing legislative session. Current law provides for the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy to issue no more than ten, but Gretna Representative Joe Marino has a bill to increase the limit to 25…

Cut 9 (12) “…access to it.”