The 2025 legislative session ended yesterday.  And on the final day, lawmakers approved a bill that expands the TOPS scholarship program.  Leaders for a Better Louisiana Chief Policy Officer Barry Erwin says students with an ACT of 31 or higher will receive higher scholarship amounts, to combat the brain drain…

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Attorney General Liz Murrill is hailing the passage of House Bill 675. That’s the bill by Slidell Republican Brian Glorioso that speeds up the post-conviction relief process in which inmates seek to have their sentences shortened or overturned.  While its main focus is on death penalty cases, Murrill says Glorioso’s bill also ends the process of drawing out the appeals process for years and even decades.

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Winn Parish District Attorney Chris Nevils has dropped the manslaughter charge against Andrew Camp who is accused of fatally shooting his father  Chad Camp in 2023.  Sean Richardson has more.

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Many are waiting to see if Mahmound Khalil will be released from the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Jena. A federal judge has ordered for the release of the pro-Palestinian activist. The Trump Administration is seeking to deport Khalil, claiming his presence compromises a compelling foreign policy interest. Khalil, who is a green card holder, says his free speech rights have been eroded by the Trump administration.