A law that changes oversite and the number of pharmacies for the state’s medical marijuana program is now in effect. More from Brooke Thorington…”

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The widening of Interstate 12 through St. Tammany Parish will be delayed slightly. Contractors says they’ve had some troubles with driving pilings into the Tchefuncte River bed, for a widened bridge there. Now this phase of the project is expected to be done by next summer.

New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter is a co-chair of a new Bipartisan Congressional Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Caucus. Carter says the goal is to be more proactive in the response to natural disasters…:

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Carter says with natural disasters increasing all over the country, it’s time to hold federal agency heads more accountable.

Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins addresses his disqualification from the fall election and says he will not take the Caddo Parish court’s decision lying down. A lawsuit filed by a Shreveport resident alleged Perkins did not live at the address he listed on qualifying papers, and the judge agreed. Perkins says there are those who seek to block him from another term in office, by preventing supporters from voting for him…:

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Perkins has filed his appeal of the judge’s decision.