As the nationwide shortage of baby formal continues consumer watchdog groups are warning parents of potential scams preying on parents. President of the Better Business Bureau of South-Central Louisiana, Carmen Million says fear makes people make rash decisions and scammers are taking advantage of it.
A bill that would prohibit biological males from playing female sports as a transgender girl is one step closer to final legislative passage. The House approved the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act on a vote 72-21. Shreveport Representative Sam Jenkins says the legislation is an attack on vulnerable transgender children…
cut 14 (12) “….an attack”
A minor amendment was added so the bill goes back to the Senate for final approval.
The full House advances a bill that would prohibit giving COVID shots – or any other vaccines – at public schools unless parents give explicit permission. Terrebonne Parish Representative Beryl Amedee (BEAR-il AH-muh-day) says her bill would require schools to obtain written permission to administer a shot, then follow that up with a verbal verification…:
Cut 10 (07) “…parental permission..”
The bill passed on a 65 to 31 vote.
The full Senate will debate the budget bill this week that contains a 15-hundred dollar pay raise for teachers. But Louisiana Association of Educators President Doctor Tia Mills believes the raise should be two-thousand dollars to help curb a teacher shortage…
AM cut 5 (10) “…than later”
The Southern Regional Average is 55-thousand dollars, while the average teacher pay in Louisiana is 51-thousand.