Governor Edwards signs into law a fetal heartbeat abortion ban, making Louisiana the 5th state to do so. Matt Doyle has the story.
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A suspect is in stable condition after he was shot by a State Police Trooper on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Authorities say a man driving in a Kia Forte was traveling the wrong way towards a crowd of pedestrians and did not stop, despite efforts by Troopers on the scene. A trooper discharged his firearm and the suspect sustained one gunshot wound. The incident remains under investigation.

A bill that aims to notify restaurant consumers of the origin of crawfish and shrimp is up for final legislative passage today. Bill author Larose Representative Truck Gisclair says the measure will require restaurants u to make it clear if the seafood is not domestic…
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Gisclair says the argument he made for the legislation is that imported seafood contains a health risk, with potentially harmful chemicals and residues.

LSU has decided to send freshman right-hander Landon Marceaux to the mound tonight when the Tigers face Stony Brook in the Baton Rouge Regional opening round. Marceaux on what coach Paul Mainieri told him
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First pitch tonight is at 6 Pm.

Louisiana becomes the 5th state to enact a fetal heartbeat abortion ban after Governor Edwards signs the prohibition into law. The implementation is pending a legal challenge to a similar Mississippi law. The deep south’s only Democratic Governor says he’s always been upfront about his pro-life views.
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Edwards signed the bill on the same day hundreds of Planned Parenthood supporters rallied against the legislation on the State Capitol steps. They also conducted a 30-minute stand-in in Memorial Hall. Speakers at the rally say the fetal heartbeat bill infringes on a women’s right to choose. Unitarian Reverend Darcy Roake spoke against the ban…
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Final passage is expected today on a bill that would require restaurants to print on their menus if the shrimp or crawfish they serve is imported from another country. Larose Representative Truck Gisclair says the main argument he made for his bill is that imported seafood poses a health risk, because it contains potentially harmful chemicals and residues from the antibiotics sprayed on the product…
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Country of orgin information is already required on seafood sold in grocery stores.

The 2019 hurricane season opens tomorrow. NOAA’s forecast calls for a near normal season. State Climatologist Barry Keim says there are two contributing weather systems that are pointing toward an average season…
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Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards has signed the fetal heartbeat abortion bill, which bans abortions at about six weeks of pregnancy. And the legislation contains no exceptions for victims of rape and incest. Edwards signed the measure after supporters of Planned Parenthood rallied on the steps of the State Capitol against the anti-abortion law. But the governor says the bill is the will of Louisianians…
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The law will not go into effect unless the courts uphold a similar law in Mississippi.

Today the legislature is expected to give final passage to legislation that requires restaurants to inform their customers if the crawfish or shrimp they are serving is foreign. Initially, The Louisiana Restaurant Association had concerns about the size of print in the menu, but the bill’s author, LaRose Represenative Truck Gisclair, says a happy medium was reached…
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The opening of the Morganza Spillway has been delayed until Thursday June 6th. The U-S Army of Corps of Engineers says there’s been a change in the forecast that now shows overtopping of the Morganza structure will not take place until June 9th, the previous model showed overtopping on June 5th.

Tomorrow, marks the start of a new hurricane season. NOAA is predicting a near normal season. The peak of the hurricane season is typically late August and early September, but State Climatologist Barry Keim says…
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There’s one week left in the legislative session. Kevin Barnhart looks at what lawmakers still need to get done…
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The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s office is mourning the loss of one of its deputies who was killed in a one-vehicle wreck on his way to work this morning. Sheriff Sid Geautreaux says 42-year-old Lt. Steven Whitstine was a deputy for eight years…
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The House Education Committee approved a legislative instrument that calls for teachers to receive a one-thousand dollar pay raise and direct 39-million dollars in additional funding for public schools. BESE President Dr. Gary Jones revealed that the 39 million could be used by poor school districts to further increase teacher pay.
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House Approrpiations Chairman Cameron Henry says it remains to be seen if there’s enough money to give public schools an additional 39 million dollars.

An effort to decrease the state sales tax rate from 4.45 percent to four-percent was killed in a Senate committee. Gonzales Senator Eddie Lambert says the state needs these tax revenues, especially for roads…
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A Senate approved resolution that contains a 1,000-dollar teacher pay raise and an additional 39 million dollars for public education passes through the House Education Committee. But House Appropriations Chairman Cameron Henry wonders if the state can afford both the pay raise and additional money for schools…
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There’s one week left in the session and this has become the biggest issue left unresolved.

What kind of impact will opening the Morganza Spillway have on the state’s crawfish industry? LSU Agcenter Aquaculture Professor Greg Lutz says it will ruin a few ponds in the Atchafalya Basin, but the impacts will not be so great that the industry couldn’t rebound from…
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The spillway is set to open on Sunday.

The Senate will hear arguments on a bill banning drivers from touching their cell phone while behind the wheel after the proposal passed the House amid heated debate. Here’s a taste of what the debate sounded like on the House floor
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NOLA-dot-com reports Governor John Bel Edwards texted LSU officials about whether basketball player Javonte Smart would play again after reports surfaced that Smart may have received money beyond his athletic scholarship. Edwards’ lawyer says the governor only asked, because a journalist had asked the governor about it.

A bill that would outlaw abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected receives final passage in the House without any exemptions for rape and incest victims. Kevin Barnhart has more on the emotional debate that took place on the House floor.
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An East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputy was killed this morning when the vehicle he was traveling in crashed on roadway near Zachary. He’s been identified as 42-year-old Steven Whitstine. It’s believed he was on the way to work, when the fatal wreck occurred.

A bill banning drivers from holding their phone while behind the wheel is headed to the Senate after some heated discussion on the House floor. Slidell Representative Kevin Pearson says the legislation will save money on insurance rates, but more importantly, likely save the lives of Louisiana drivers, particularly teens.
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The measure will next be heard in a Senate committee, but time is ticking, a week is left in the regular session.

Several parishes in the Achafalayla Basin are preparing for flooding when the Morganza Spillway is opened on Sunday, diverting Mississippi River water into the basin. St. Martin parish President Chester Cedars says they’re asking residents to stay off the Atchafalya River levees while the waters swell….
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