Legislation has been signed into law that would make it a crime for a person to approach a police officer if they’ve told that person not to come any closer. The measure creates a 25-foot buffer zone around working law enforcement officers. ACLU Policy Strategist Stephanie Willis says the legislation stops the public’s ability to hold police accountable…
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Anyone who fails to stay at least 25 feet from law enforcement after being told to stay away could face up to 60 days in prison.

The search continues for two inmates who escaped the Tangipahoa Parish jail over the weekend. Chief Jimmy Travis says 19-year-old Omarion Hookfin and 20-year-old Jamarcus Cyprian may have left the state…
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Travis says they broke through a corroded piece of chain-link fence, crawled under an eight-inch gap in a wall and scaled two razor-wire fences.

The Louisiana House approved a bill that creates the Gator Scholarship Program that will provide families with state dollars that can be used to pay for private school tuition. Opponents have expressed concerns about the program’s costs. One estimate had it at 500-million dollars a year once all families would become eligible. Carencro Representative Julie Emerson says BESE will determine how much tuition money gets handed out and when to make higher-income families eligible…
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The legislation needs Senate approval of House changes before it heads to the governor’s desk.

Governor Landry signed legislation sponsored by Kenner Representative Joseph Stagni that makes Louisiana the first state to ban retail sale of nitrous oxide. Stagni says the law is in response to the abuse of nitrous oxide, which is on the market for food preparation, but some use it as a party drug.
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The law forbids retailers from selling nitrous oxide to individuals, not to those who need the drug for professional reasons such as dentists.