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. It’s passed a committee and set for a House vote next week. However, Governor John Bel Edwards says it’s too soon to expand it, and unfair to those who got in on the ground floor…:

CUT 10 (10)     “…problematic.”

A Baton Rouge woman and her mother are under arrest, after a 4-year-old girl died from alcohol poisoning. BRPD’s Sgt. L’Jean McKneely says the pair became alarmed when little China Record went unresponsive, so they put her in a tub of cold water…:

CUT 03(11)      “…later die.”

Both women are held without bond and charged with murder.

Say goodbye to Lee Circle in New Orleans. The traffic circle at St. Charles and Howard Avenues has officially be renamed “Harmony Circle.” The change was coming ever since the statue of Robert E. Lee was removed from its pedestal back in 2017.

Shreveport cops say an SUV was stolen today with a baby still inside. It was jacked from a Burger King parking lot. Luckily, police quickly found the vehicle and arrested the driver. The baby girl is just fine and back with her mom.

Today marks 30 years since the multi-state, big money Powerball lottery game debuted, and Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Kim Chopin says the estimated Powerball jackpot for Saturday night’s drawing is at just over $400-million. Chopin says ticket sales always surge when jackpots get this high…:

CUT 13(08)      “…for two dollars.”

The largest Powerball jackpot ever was $1.6-billion; given away in early 2016.