What was predicted to be the highest job growth in 25 years for Louisiana, ended up being just average. Brooke Thorington has more.

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St. John Parish detectives are looking for suspects in the early morning murder of a 16 year old girl they say was specifically targeted. Sheriff Mike Tregre says Aariah Henry of Reserve was shot yesterday as she sat in her car on Airline Highway near Central Avenue in Reserve. It happened just after two am as the suspect vehicle pulled alongside Henry’s and opened fire. We’re told Henry was rushed to the hospital, but died of her injuries.

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The first regular legislative session during Jeff Landry’s tenure as governor has ended. And LaPolitics dot com publisher says it established Landry as Louisiana’s most powerful governor in modern history, as he accomplished much of what was on his agenda. But not everything went the governor’s way. Alford says not getting the constitutional convention he wanted was a blow to the governor and many big picture ideas were put on hold in this session.

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In other news from the session, a highly publicized bill that did not make it through the process was one that would have banned THC in products that could be consumed in Louisiana. Supporters of the legislation say the THC in these products can get a person high. Opponents of the legislation argued it would kill the state’s growing THC market.