A House committee approves several bills aimed at reducing the number of state government contracts. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Governor John Bel Edwards returns to Baton Rouge after attending the winter meeting of the National Governors Associations. Governors from around the country had a chance to ask President Barack Obama questions and what can be done to curb the rising number of heroin deaths.

The International Energy Agency said today that oil prices should remain low through 2016. That’s good news for motorists, who are paying some of the lowest gas prices we’ve seen since 2004. But David Dismukes, executive director at the LSU Center for Energy Studies, says low gas prices are not helping Louisiana’s economy…
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St. Landry Sheriff Bobby Guidroz is asking Captain Clay Higgins to tone down in crime stopper videos. The latest one has received millions of views as Captain Higgins has a strong message for fugitives for the Gremlins Gang. But National Action Now says this latest video is racially tainted, which is why Guidroz says he’s getting more involved in future videos. The latest one has received millions of views as Captain Higgins has a strong message for fugitives of the Gremlins Gang. But National Action Now says this latest video is racially tainted, which is why Guidroz says he’s getting more involved in future videos…

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National Action Now president, Reverend Raymond Brown, doesn’t like that Higgins called these individuals ugly names.