A St. Tammany Parish Sheriff was shot in the back early this morning and the suspect is 13 years old. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The southern half of the state including the Alexandria area is under a flash flood watch through tomorrow morning. The National Weather Service says rainfall of one to four inches is likely and local amounts could exceed five inches. A severe thunderstorm watch for portions of southeast Louisiana is in effect until five o’ clock today.

A House backed measure that would remove Robert E Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day as official state holidays is moving closer to final legislative passage. New Orleans Representative Matthew Williard says even though the days are not observed, they should not be recognized because it represents a dark time in the nation’s history…
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Willard’s bill heads to the Senate floor. He told a Senate Committee he’s received a death threat for authoring the bill.

Multiple bills aimed at reducing criminal penalties for marijuana possession have advanced to the full Senate. One of the bills by Shreveport Representative Cedric Glover would allow those previously convicted of possession to expunge their records six months after conviction, instead of five years as currently written.
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Glover also has a bill that would decriminalize the possession of marijuana-related paraphernalia.