Today marks the first day of Louisiana having a minimum age for marriage, with the age set at 16. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The minimum marry age law is one of over 200 new laws that take effect today. Parents who harass or physically fight a referee at a child’s sporting event could face up to 90 days in jail if convicted. A new child safety seat law is in place. And medication abortions can now only take place at the state’s three licensed abortions clinics, no longer in a gynecologist’s office.

A study out of Tulane paid for by the Louisiana Health Department finds more Medicaid recipients are seeing a doctor and using the emergency room less since the state’s Medicaid program was expanded three years ago. Tulane Health Policy chair Mark Diana says repeat E-R visitors saw a nearly nine-percent drop…
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The study also showed that more people in Louisiana are taking their prescribed medicine because the cost has dropped.

Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul has called a 10 AM press conference where it’s expected he’ll announce a settlement has been reached with former officer Blane Salamoni, who is accused of shooting and killing Alton Sterling. Salamoni was fired, but he appealed his termination. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt says it would not look good if Salamoni was allowed to wear the badge again…
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