Female lawmakers are not happy about a joke a male member of the House made during debate over legislation that requires someone to be at least 21 in order to work as a stripper. Jackson Representative Kenny Harvard proposed an amendment that strippers in Louisiana could only be between the ages of 21-and-28 and less than 160 pounds. Kenner Representative Julie Stokes called the amendment disrespectful and disgusting..:
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The bill ended up passing the House 96-0 without Havard’s amendment and it goes back to the Senate for final approval, before heading to the Governor’s desk.

Today Governor John Bel Edwards will hold a bill signing for the medical marijuana expansion legislation. The measure lets new diseases be added to the medical cannabis law. In another release, Edwards says he’s ordered all flags on state buildings be flown at half staff for Former Lt. Governor Bobby Freeman Freeman.

During Governor John Bel Edwards monthly radio call-in show, he was asked about Louisiana’s staggeringly high incarceration rate. He says this problem will be addressed in next year’s legislative session…:
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The pest that eats Ash Trees has been discovered in Union Parish. Emelie Gunn has more on the Emerald Ash Borer in north Louisiana…:
CUT 1 (31) “I’m Emelie Gunn”