10:30 LRN Newscast May 3rd

A bill allowing concealed weapons on K-12 and university campuses passed the House. Matt Doyle has more.
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Legislation that would allow public school students to bring bulletproof backpacks to school is closing in on final passage. But Baton Rouge Representative Patricia Smith wonders how much this can really help…
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Some children who suffer from autism could be eligible for a prescription to medical marijuana under legislation that’s close to final legislative passage. Harvey Representative Rodney Lyons says some of the medication available now, creates bad side effects for autism patients…
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There’s also legislation moving through the process that would allow those who suffer from PTSD, intractable pain and Parkinson’s to be prescribed medical pot, once it becomez available later this year.

50-year-old Chaffie Brown has been arrested on bigamy after law enforcement found out he was married to two different women about 56 miles apart. East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s office spokesperson Casey Rayborn Hicks says Brown lived with his first wife in LaPlace and another wife in Baton Rouge, who he married in 2013…
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