Columbia Senator Neil Riser sponsors a bill that would exempt flood victims from state income tax for the 2017 year. Michelle Southern reports…:
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A measure that would allow couples with children under the age of 18 to divorce after a 180-day waiting period advanced out of a House committee today. Currently couples with kids, who are seeking a divorce, must wait one-year. Supporters say a year long wait leads to more bickering between the disgrunted adults. The full House will debate the bill next.

A measure that would offer parole after 30 years behind bars for those convicted of life sentences for murder committed while they were juveniles passed out of a Senate committee. Baton Rouge Senator Dan Claitor’s bill has the support of State Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Johnson. Johnson says there needs to be a line drawn between immature juveniles and corrupt juveniles.
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The bill heads to the senate floor for more discussion.

State Police say a 62-year-old man is facing charges of vehicular homicide for allegedly driving drunk when he struck and killed a pedestrian in Terrebonne Parish. Master Trooper Brooks David says Albert Williams Jr. was driving down LA 24 in Houma shortly before 9 p.m. when he struck 43-year-old Byron Acosta…:
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Williams was booked into the Terrebonne Parish Correctional Center.