A Senate Committee has approved legislation that would allow non-felon adults to conceal carry without a permit or the training that is currently needed to obtain a permit. NOPD Deputy Superintendent Lawrence Dupree spoke in opposition…
cut 13 (09) “….law’s passage”
But Chairman of the Senate Judiciary C Committee, Jay Morris of Monroe, responded…
cut 11 (07) “….the problem”
Morris says his daughter was mugged in the warehouse district in New Orleans and it’s likely the perpetrator was carrying a gun without a permit.

On the House side, a bill to expand the methods for the state to carry out an execution was approved by the House Criminal Justice Committee. It gets another hearing today in front of the House Governmental Affairs Committee.

USDA Census data finds the number of farms in Louisiana declined by two-thousand from 2017 to 2022. Fewer farms, means fewer farmers and Neil Melancon with the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation says that has a ripple effect…
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Melancon says the number of farms are on the decline, but the actual acreage of farmland in the state has stayed relatively the same, which means farms are getting larger.

A crawfish named Sherbin has been pardoned by Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser. For the last eight years on the first Tuesday after Mardi Gras, the state officially pardons one crustacean to celebrate the mudbug season. Nungesser says this highlights the industry’s importance.
Cut 14 (08) “…this year.”