07:30 Newscast, January 31st, 2018

A TOPS task force could vote on recommendations today to change the popular scholarship program. Matt Doyle has more on one proposal supported by the chairman of that panel…:
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A Jefferson Parish man imprisoned for nearly four decades is free after being cleared in a 1979 rape. 58-year-old Malcolm Alexander’s conviction and life sentence were thrown out Tuesday by a state judge in Gretna.

Republican House Speaker Taylor Barras provides Governor John Bel Edwards with budget cutting proposals as part of the negotiations to solve a nearly billion dollar shortfall. House Republican delegation chairman Lance Harris says they are pushing for a lower spending cap…:
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Edwards asked Republican lawmakers to present a plan on how to address the fiscal cliff which could be discussed in a special session.

If you haven’t gotten a flu shot yet, today the state is offering them for free at parish health units. Dr. Marilyn Reynaud, the Office of Public Health regional medical director in Baton Rouge, says everyone is at risk:
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Visit ldh.la.gov for participating health units.