When the legislative session begins in April, lawmakers will once again discuss whether or not to authorize the use of medical marijuana. Democrat Baton Rouge Representative Dalton Honore’s measure was defeated in the Senate last year, but Honore says he’s bringing it back up because the polls are on his side…
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There’s already a law on the books for the use of medical marijuana, which Honore says needs more clarification.

The 2015 King of the Krewe of Mardi Gras in Houma is under arrest for allegedly violating the sex offender restrictions that sex offendeers cannot wear masks, or ride in parades. Thirty-four-year-old Glynn Matherne has been a registered sex offender since 2003, and police say he should know the rules…
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That’s Captain Dawn Foret from the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office.
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In the Tom Benson family legal feud, New Orleans Judge Kern Reese has ordered that Saints and Pelicans owner to undergo an examination to see if he is mentally compete. Benson will face three exams performed by three different doctors in what is called a standard assessment…
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That’s Legal analyst Tim Meche.

In North Lousisiana, a domestic dispute between a husband and wife escalated to a bad fall that has put the wife in the hospital after she fell off the back of a pickup her husband was driving. Forty-six year-old Allen Wray instructed his wife she should get in the cab of the truck, and she refused…
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That’s Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Cindy Chadwick, who says 48 year-old Sherri Wray is is critical condition.