The Louisiana legislature has approved legislation that calls for the TOPS scholarship program to be fully funded for the fall semester. West Monroe Senator Mike Walsworth says it’s the right thing to do…:

cut 13 (09) “tuition free”

But under the bill, students would only have 42 percent of their tuition covered for the spring semester, and Governor John Bel Edwards says with no more revenue rolling in, our kids will have a massive bill the second half of the school year. Edwards is considering a possible line-item veto of the TOPS front loaded language.

The LSU Board of Supervisors will vote today on whether or not their AgCenter will grow medical marijuana. LSU AgCenter Spokesperson Frankie Gould says the medical marijuana law passed by the legislature this year outlined two possible growers…:
CUT 7 (09) “medical marijuana”
Once available, medical marijuan will be prescribed in a pill form.

An Abbeville man will spend the rest of his life in prison for fatally shooting a Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s deputy in 2014. District Attorney Keith Stutes says 22-year-old Quintylan Richard entered a plea of guilty on the two-year anniversary of shooting Deputy Allen Bares (BAH REZ)…:
Cut 10 (07) “difficult circumstance”
Authorities say Bares was gunned down after confronting Richard and an alleged accomplice about a home they just robbed.

The “Free State of Jones” which was shot in ten different parishes in Louisiana is released in movie theaters today. Executive director of the Celtic Studios, Patrick Mulhearn, says unfortunately movie production is down this year and he hopes lawmakers can look at making changes to the state’s film incentive program next year, which could help spur movie production again…
cut 6 (09) “…fair share”