It appears the death penalty will remain in Louisiana after the House Criminal Justice Committee voted against a bill that sought to end the use of lethal injection. Supporters argued it’s costly to prosecute such cases and the state has only executed one person since 2002. But supporters of the death penalty say it’s a fitting punishment for cold-blooded killers.

The Senate Labor committee approves legislation that extends workplace discrimination laws to cover LGBT individuals. Political activist Dylan Waguespack spoke in support. He says something has to be done to protect transgender individuals like himself in the workplace….
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The measure heads to the Senate floor. The upper chamber rejected the proposal last year.

A bill that makes changes to the state’s film tax credit program passes out of the senate on a 33-3 vote. Some lawmakers do not support tax breaks for the film industry, but the bill’s author New Orleans Senator J-P Morrell says his legislation calls for the program to go away after eight years, if legislators do not renew it….
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Morrell’s measure has the support of the film industry.

U.S. Senator John Kennedy spoke on the Senate floor about his Medicaid reform bill. Emelie Gunn has more…
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