A bill filed for the legislative session next month would make passing a Financial Literacy course to graduate high school a requirement to get TOPS college tuition grants. It’s from Hammond Representative Nicholas Muscarello, who says twenty-five states have already implemented this requirement in their curriculum and he’s hopeful Louisiana will as well…:

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Money management, spending, credit, saving, investing and more would be covered under the required course.

Baton Rouge Police say 45-year-old Derrick Perkins faces additional charges for his involvement in the death of Georgia businessman Nathan Millard, who went missing last month and whose body was found dumped in a derelict lot March 6th.  BRPD Sgt. L’Jean McKneely says Perkins was already in custody on related charges of Access Device Fraud, when investigators learned more about his involvement…:

CUT 06(08)      “…the information.”

A toxicology report on what killed Millard is pending, but an overdose is suspected.

A new law requires Louisiana authorities to direct all reports of suspected child trafficking to the Department of Children and Family Services. Its director, Terri Ricks, says the DCFS-mandated reporting hotline has handled 78 juvenile trafficking calls this year, the large majority of them involving sex trafficking.

The state will allow Neuty, the pet nutria, to stay at a home in Jefferson Parish. Jeff Palermo has more…:

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