Louisiana lawmakers go into a special session today to pass legislation that seeks to reduce crime in Louisiana. Senate Judiciary B Chairman Mike Reese says a lot of the bills will come through his committee and he expects to see measures that will restrict parole eligibility…
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During former Governor John Bel Edwards’ eight years, there was a smart-on-crime approach. La-politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says lawmakers and lobbyist groups supported Edwards’s effort to lower the prison population, but the Landry administration brings a different approach…
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One of the proposals calls for longer prison sentences for carjackers.

A new Tulane University study is offering a glimpse at what the state’s coastal wetlands will be like 50 years from now if nothing is done to counter the rise in sea levels. Colleen Crain has the story…
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