By KELLY P. KISSEL | Metro editor Choo-choo on this: Lawmakers don't appear keen on setting up passenger rail service between Sorrento and Baton Rouge while Interstate 10 reconstruction hits its heaviest phases over the next few years. Blake Paterson reports. There still is talk about passenger rail service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and the governor was scheduled to take a trip by rail between the cities today. It's 420: We take a look at how lawmakers are debating how many marijuana companies should operate in Louisiana. The opening of debate this week is said to be just a coincidence. More on stabbing: We're learning more about what happened in the gruesome stabbing off South Sherwood Forest Boulevard on Monday, which was live-streamed. Police had said the victim and the alleged killer had been on a multi-day drug binge, and now it appears the woman killed apparently had tried to get away at some point before being stabbed. Here's what landed on front porches today: Check out the print edition. |