It’s been a long road for medical marijuana in Louisiana, but LSU AgCenter Dean of Agriculture Dr. Bill Richardson says the first batch of medical marijuana grown by GB Sciences and the AgCenter has passed testing. Advocates have voiced displeasure with a series of delays to the release date, but Richardson says it’s an extensive safety process that cannot be rushed.
Last night’s Super Bowl is in the books, and it’s only five years until the big game makes it’s return visit to the big easy. Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation CEO Jay Cicero says technology will likely be a bit different in five years, but says the fundamentals of hosting tens of thousands of football’s biggest fans won’t change…
Cut 11 (11) “….opportunities”
TV ratings in New Orleans reflect an all time low for people watching the game, with a 26.1.
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy files legislation that would take money seized from drug cartels and us it to pay for a southern border wall. Cassidy says instead of having Americans pay for the wall, let it be Mexican cartels
Cut 3 (11) “…buy guns”
Cassidy says the more they secure the border, the more illicit money they will capture.
A Shreveport mom pleads guilty to improper supervision after authorities learned she allowed her kids to play hooky from school. Caddo Parish Chief Deputy District Attorney Wilbert Pryor says 35 year old Fathimah Slack’s 13 and 14 year-old children missed over a year and a half of school.
Slack was sentenced to 30 days behind bars, the maximum sentence for the crime, but received credit for time served and is now out of prison. Pryor says the children are in the custody of a family member and attending school.