Governor John Bel Edwards has signed the 2019 capital outlay bill which will provide one-point-five billion dollars in new funding for construction and infrastructure improvement projects. 94-million dollars is for construction of roads and bridges, 246-million for education construction projects and 40-million for water infrastructure projects.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries raises the nutria bounty from $5 to $6 per tail in the hopes it will entice hunters to step up the fight against the invasive species. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Former Marksville Deputy Marshal Norris Greenhouse Junior, sent to jail for his role in the shooting death of a six-year-old boy during a 2015 car chase, is a free man after serving less than two years of a 7.5 year sentence for negligent homicide and malfeasance. Legal analyst Franz Borghart says inmates convicted on non-violent charges typically do not serve their entire sentence
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The state department of corrections says Greenhouse earned the early release by completing pre-release and anger management programs, earning an associate degree and time served.

Law enforcement has arrested 18 people in Terrebonne and LaFourche Parishes and confiscated a million dollars in street value drugs as part of a seven-month sting operation called “Operation Murder Gang Meltdown. Terrebonne Parish Chief Deputy Terry Daigre says State Police also assisted in the investigation….
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