Oil prices will not rebound this year, according to experts at the International Energy Agency. Halen Doughty reports…:
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Starting tonight, the National Weather Service says the chance for severe storms will continue to increase throughout the day Tuesday and they are urging the public to be vigilant. A widespread, significant bout of weather will spread through the Gulf Coast tomorrow and tomorrow night. Meteorologists say tornadoes, damaging wind gusts and large hail are all possible threats from this system.

The House Appropriations Committee approved a series of bills today aimed at reducing or cutting down on a number of state contracts, which supporters say will save the state some much needed dollars. Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy says there are dozens if not hundreds of contracts that the state spends money on that are not needed…:
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Some of the examples Kennedy named include contracts for tutoring students, a consulting contract to provide adult education to prisoners and a $29 million dollar contract to help the state build a website for food stamp recipients.

The teenager accused of shooting and killing three people at a club during a birthday party in East Baton Rouge Parish in March 2014, pleaded guilty today and will receive 40 years in jail. The murders happened when Nakeydran Williams of Baker was 16, but he was tried as an adult.