15:30 Newscast October 19,2016

The House Judiciary Committee held a meeting today to talk about ways to improve community relations with law enforcement. State Police Col. Mike Edmonson says they want to also address how the public responds to law enforcement. He says many young people don’t know what to do if they get pulled over.

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Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser is ready to improve the Louisiana’s seafood industry. Nungesser says our state produces over 850 million pounds of seafood each year. He says when you put seafood and tourism together, it accounts for 14-billion dollars in annual revenue and the two should help each other.
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The ACLU is looking into the alleged strip searches of multiple students at Caldwell Parish High School. Michelle Southern has more…
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Jefferson Parish President Mike Yenni went before the parish council today for the first time since his sexting scandal with a 17-year-old boy broke. The council called for Yenni’s resignation and gave him a vote of no confidence. One resident told Yenni at the meeting that 79-percent of people in the parish want him out of office. Many others said they are concerned Yenni offered the teen a job. But Yenni made it clear he’s not going to willingly resign.