On a 9-4 vote, a House committee approved legislation to allow Autism patients with certain conditions to have the ability to use prescribed medical marijuana. The Louisiana Chapter of American Academy Pediatrics opposes the legislation. President and Doctor John Vanchiere says more testing needs to be done to see if medical marijuana is safe for children to use…
cut 13 (09) “…other medications”
Despite the oppostion, the measure heads to the House floor.

There was also opposition in House Natural Resources to a bill that would make it more expensive to purchase recreational hunting and fishing licenses. Erath Representative Blake Miguez…
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But the bill advances to the House Floor on a 12-3 vote.

A bill to give families the option to put a surveillance camera inside a room at a nursing home is heading to the House floor. Lucy Titus testified in favor. She says her 92 year old mother mysteriously had a black eye when she went to visit her. She says had a camera been in the room, she would have known what happened.
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Nursing home operators oppose the legislation, but they did not speak in committee on the issue.

A large section of Louisiana is under a tornado watch until 9 PM tonight. The watch box extends from Lake Charles to Monroe, covering up a large portion of central Louisiana. Matthew Duplantis with the National Weather Service in Shreveport says stay alert…
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A good portion of the state is also under a flash flood watch until tomorrow morning.