President Obama is working on the details of a plan to offer two years of free community college education to any American to help train the US workforce. Dr. Monty Sullivan, the head of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, says it’s exciting…
CUT 3 (10) “very, very positive”

Republican US Senator David Vitter says he plans to be active in Washington, even though he’s running for governor this year. Vitter says one of his priorities is to pass a highway and transportation bill that would help improve traffic flow on major highways in the state…
CUT 6 (09) “that issue”
Vitter says he’ll also work to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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The US Supreme Court has rejected a plea to consider striking down the Louisiana ban on same-sex marriages. A Federal Court of Appeals heard arguments last week on the issue, and Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino thinks the Supreme Court wants to let the 5th Circuit choose which way it thinks the issue should go…
cut 14 (08) “the following term”

Baton Rouge Police are investigating an accidental fatal shooting that occurred as a man was adjusting his pants. Sgt. Mary Ann Godawa says officers responded, and found the victim lying at the end of a driveway, suffering a gunshot wound to his chest. She says it’s a valuable lesson…:
CUT 11 (08) Q: ” homicide”
Besides that charge, 19-year-old Jawan Lloyd Billy was charged with possession of a stolen firearm.