Governor John Bel Edwards tells lawmakers the administration’s spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1st contains $792 million dollars in cuts to state spending. He says health care, TOPS and — in terms of education, higher ed is not the only service looking at cuts. Public schools are included…:
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He says they need another special session and it could begin as early as June 7th.

A Senate committee approves legislation that would increase the age to 18 for a suspect to be prosecuted as an adult. Currently, individuals 17 and over are put into the adult criminal system once charged with a crime. Criminal justice expert Ed Mulvey says a 17 year-old offender is better off in the juvenile justice system…:
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The legislation will now move to the full Senate.

More information keeps coming out about the fatal shooting of former Saints defensive end Will Smith. Surveillance video has surfaced that appears to show Smith was involved in a hit-and-run incident with a vehicle driven by the man that is accused of killing him. Cardell Hayes is facing a second-degree murder charge and his attorney has said Hayes was not the aggressor in this incident.

A Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s deputy has been fired following his arrest for allegedly touching a woman in a sexually inappropriate manner while he was on duty. In a release, the sheriff’s office says they received a complaint that Deputy Cody Onxley, while at work, went to the home of the victim under false pretenses and touched her during the encounter. Onxley was charged with sexual battery and malfeasance in office and was terminated from his job.