8:30 Newscast 05/09/2018

State Farm insurance rates are on their way down for the first time in years. Matt Doyle has more.

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Its high times in New Orleans this week as the annual MJBiz conference kicks off today. 70 experts and 275 companies will be represented in the marijuana industry conference that’s in its 7th year. Cassandra Farrington is the CEO of Marijuana biznews daily which reports on the cannibus industry.

She says the opportunities are endless for professionals from all walks of business.

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Jerry Stovall’s number 21 jersey will be retired this fall as the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame committee unanimously approved the move. Stovall joins two other LSU legends as members of the retired jersey club, Billy Cannon and Tommy Casanova. The ever humble Stovall was a unanimous All-American in 1962 and was drafted in the first round by the St. Louis Cardinals where he would play for 9 years. At LSU, he was known as “Mr. Everything,” playing halfback, defensive back, kick returner and also handled punting duties. He did it with great determination…

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The house committee on administration of criminal justice advanced a bill yesterday creating the crime of coercing abortion. The new crime would carry a sentence of up to five years and a five thousand dollar fine if someone threatened violence toward a woman who did not get an abortion. The measure now goes to the full house.