Speculation is growing the U.S. Department of Justice is close to announcing whether civil rights charges will be handed down against the two Baton Rouge Police officers who were involved in last summer’s fatal shooting of Alton Sterling. John Delgado is a lobbyist for the Baton Rouge Union of Police and he told two media outlets that people close to the situation say a decision will be announced on or before next Tuesday.

Juveniles convicted of murder would be eligible for parole after 25 years under a Senate approved bill headed to the House. If enacted, 14 inmates would be immediately eligible for parole consideration. Metairie Senator Danny Martiny says a parole hearing would then determine if that offender has become a better person…:
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This bill advanced out of the Senate on a 22-13 vote.
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy is confident Congress can approve a tax reform package, because President Donald Trump is committed to the effort. Cassidy says there hasn’t been a significant tax reform since the Reagan administration. He says although it took a while to pass, President Reagan was thoroughly engaged, just as Trump is.
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Cassidy serves as a member of the Senate Finance Committee and will play a role in the passage of any tax reform plan.

The former Destrehan High School teacher who allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old student isn’t out of the woods yet. Shelley Dufrense was found not guilty of carnal knowledge of a juvenile in Jefferson Parish, but the teen’s family has a civil suit pending in St. Charles Parish against the 34-year-old….:
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That’s legal analyst Tim Meche.