Hammond Representative Nicky Muscarello has legislation that would conceal the identities of companies that sell lethal injection drugs or equipment to the state. Louisiana has not performed an execution since 2010, and Muscarello says a big reason why is drug companies fear retaliation from anti-death penalty consumers.
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Arkansas and Texas have a similar law in place.

Another bill waiting for a hearing in the legislative session is a measure that would allow juniors and seniors at public high schools to take up two college courses for free. Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed is behind the proposal…
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The bill will get its first hearing in a Senate Education committee soon.

A ten-million dollar proposal to exempt feminine products and diapers from the state sales tax will be heard in a Senate committee today. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Law enforcement agencies are participating this week in the “Buckle Up in Your Truck” campaign, an effort to get more drivers and passengers in pick up trucks to wear seat belts. Deputy Director of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Dortha Cummins says pick up truck passengers are less compliant of the state’s seat belt laws….
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