The DEA is reducing the number of opioids that pharmaceutical companies are allowed to make for the third year in a row as the addiction crisis continues to claim on average 115 American lives a day. Prescription opioids will see a ten percent reduction in production. Senator John Kennedy says he’s looking to implement changes that would shift production of the schedule II narcotic away from market demand, and based more on how much of the product front line doctors think is actually necessary.
LSU wide receiver Drake Davis was arrested on Friday on one count of second-degree battery. Davis is accused of punching his ex-girlfriend and breaking one of her ribs. The junior wide receiver was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a count of second-degree battery. Bond was not immediately set, according to the inmate list. Police then talked to the victim, who is an LSU student. She told investigators she and Davis were in a relationship that began in January 2017 and ended earlier this month.
Attorney General Jeff Landry is defending the 7-6 vote of the Bond Commission to exclude Citibank and Bank of America as part of a $600 million road financing plan in the state. Both were omitted from the financial plan after placing gun control regulations on commercial banking customers. Landry explains the financial institutions firearm restriction policies for their corporate customers.
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Since taking office in January 2017, US Congressman Mike Johnson has held thirty-one town hall meetings in the state’s fourth district, adding three more this past week. Johnson says he views other elected officials choosing to not frequently participate in town hall meetings as a travesty, as he says it is vital for how the government is set up. He adds among the concerns of attendees is healthcare, immigration, and the farm bill.