Beginning fall of 2022 children who are five years old will be required to attend kindergarten in Louisiana. Baton Rouge Senator and Senate Education Chairman Cleo Fields who authored the legislation says it makes sense to have children learning earlier to get a head start with their education.
Twelve other states already require kindergarten.
The 2021 regular legislative session ends today. A session that saw a change in attitudes regarding marijuana. Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says while legislation to legalize recreational marijuana use did not pass, legislators approved a bill that takes jail time away as a punishment for those caught with a small quantity of pot…
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The Louisiana Attorney General’s office is in federal court in Lafayette today disputing President Biden’s executive order that prevents new oil and gas lease sales on public land. Landry says the President is acting beyond the scope of his authority…
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The Biden administration says it’s only a temporary pause as his administration reviews how oil and gas production is contributing to climate change.
The FDA approved the first new medication in almost 20 years for the treatment of Alzheimer’s. but Dr Jeffrey Keller with the LSU Pennington Biomedical Institute on Dementia Research and Prevention says Aducanumab (add-yoo-CAN-yoo-mab) was approved even though an advisory committee deemed otherwise.
The list annual price for the mediation is $56,000.