A mother and son were killed from a tornado that ripped through Ruston causing significant damage to the city and the Louisiana Tech campus…
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Industrial hemp legalization is on it’s way to the House after unanimously passing in the House Agriculture Committee. Gonzales Representative Clay Shexnayder says it’s a highly profitable, and renewable crop.
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Governor Edwards calls for three televised debates against his GOP gubernatorial rivals sometime after the 1st of September. UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says the Democratic governor is clearly confident in his record, and isn’t planning on playing defense.
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One of his opponents, Congressman Ralph Abraham, is calling for six debates, one in each Congressional district.

A Mississippi police officer who was indicted in Louisiana on charges that he used excessive force while working in the Bayou State has resigned from his job with Moss Point, Mississippi Police. 44-year-old Robert Hammac had been working at the Magnolia State police department for several months, and the police chief there says they were not aware of the ongoing investigation into his behavior as a Lake Charles officer.