The House Criminal Justice Committee approves legislation that would make it a crime to panhandle on Louisiana streets. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Coming up later today, the Senate Education Committee is scheduled to take up a bill that would require students to have their cell phones off and stowed away during instructional time. Also, the Senate Transportation Committee considers a bill that would prohibit the use of a handheld cell phone while driving.

A Senate Committee approves legislation that would give judges the option to sentence certain sex offenders to surgical castration if they abuse a child under the age of 13. New Iberia Senator Blake Miguez discussed with the bill’s author, Regina Barrow, how castration can diminish the sexual impulses and aggression of sex offenders…
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The measure heads to the Senate floor.

Southwest Louisiana authorities are making a renewed push to solve an unsolved murder that dates back to 1993. Investigators believe a black man between the ages of 25 to 35 was shot in the head and his hands were bound behind his back. His skeletal remains were found in a wooded area 12 miles south of Merryville. Forensic Investigator Zeb Johnson…
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Anyone with information should contact the Calcasieu Parish coroner’s office.