legal issues

Texas Governor Rick Perry is calling Medicaid a "failure,'' as he defends his decision to oppose any expansion of the program as part of the national health-care overhaul.

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Reaction is bubbling over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Obama's health care reform. U.S. Congressman John Fleming, of Minden, says he's disappointed with the ruling, but he says it's not all bad.

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The US Supreme Court upholds President Obama Health care requirement that most Americans have health insurance. 

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Jury selection will continue today in the second-degree murder trial of 22-year-old Anthony Paul Johnson.

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A couple of cases we'll be following for you in Caddo District Court tomorrow:

Marquice McNeil will be in court at 9:30 for a preliminary examination on a second-degree murder charge. He's accused of the May death of two-year-old Aliyah West at a home in the 2000 block of Milam

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Caddo Parish is cracking down on synthetic marijuana use by making it illegal for convenience stores to display synthetic drugs for sale.

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A Shreveport man will spend the next 30 years in prison after entering a guilty plea to a drug charge in Caddo District Court.

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Due back in Caddo District Court tomorrow -- one Christopher Brian Cope. 

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A federal jury has found in favor of actor Kevin Costner in a lawsuit filed against him by fellow actor Stephen Baldwin over a BP cleaning contract.

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A jury  heard closing arguments in the trial for Stephn Baldwin's lawsuit against fellow actor, Kevin Costner. Costner and his business partner are accused of cheating Baldwin and his friend out of millions of dollars in a BP contract.

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