Governor John Bel Edwards has signed a bill into law that allows patients with a wider variety of medical conditions to receive medical marijuana once it becomes available in Louisiana. He says this is an issue that should stay between doctors and their patients…:
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Edwards was asked about the stripper age/weight requirement amendment brought by Jackson Representative Kenny Havard on a human trafficking measure Thursday. Edwards said he knows this was intended as a joke, but it was in bad taste…:
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Havard withdrew the amendment and the bill saying strippers should be no younger than 21 advanced on the House Floor.

Attorney General Jeff Landry is telling public schools they do not have to comply with President Obama’s transgender bathroom mandate. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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The National Weather Service in Lake Charles says possible severe weather will hit southwest Louisiana today. Forecasters say the system along I-10 could bring strong winds up to 60 miles per hour, hail and isolated tornadoes.