Governor John Bel Edwards has signed legislation designed to control the cost of the TOPS program in future years. Starting in 2017, TOPS students will have to pay a portion of their tuition, if the legislature does not agree to raise the TOPS payment to match tuition hikes. The author of the measure, Mandeville Senator Jack Donahue, says this won’t solve all of the TOPS funding issues, but it’s a start…
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Digital billboards are up in Baton Rouge and Shreveport urging residents to contact their legislators and ask them to support legislation that would expand the number of diseases medical marijuana can treat. Katie Corkern is featured on one of the billboards and she says FDA approved medication doesn’t help her child that has a seizure disorder…
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The full House is expected to vote on the bill that Corkern supports.

A 21-year-old Ascension Parish mother is facing charges after police say her two-year-old child ate methamphetamine. Gonzales Police Sergeant Steven Nethken says 21-year-old Tyler Dauzat was at first evasive in answering questions at the hospital, but a blood screen of the toddler showed meth in her system…
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The headshot of a service dog in the yearbook from West Monroe’s Good Hope Middle School has made national headlines. The service dog’s name is Presley and is photo can be found right next to his owner, 14-year-old Seph Ware, who has muscular dystrophy. The school’s yearbook advisor, Sonya Hogg, says Presley has evened signed a few yearbooks, with help from Seph….
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Hogg says it was a natural decision for her to have a picture of Presley in the yearbook.