Governor John Bel Edwards has signed into law three measures from the regular session that have the support of gun rights advocates…
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One of the bills says local municipalities can not prohibit concealed permit holders from bringing a gun into a public building or park.

A survey from the Louisiana Association of United Ways finds that 47-percent of residents say their child care situation changed after the stay at home order. President of the group Sarah Berthelot says for some individuals the change was so great they had to quit their job…
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Half of the respondents also expressed concern about child care availability in the near future.

A House committee supported a resolution today that would create a police training, screening, and De-escalation Task Force that will make recommendations to the legislature on police reform. Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields is the author of the resolution and he says recent research shows black men are three times more likely than white men to be killed by police intervention. Prairieville Representative Tony Bacala is a retired deputy and made a statement that caused a brief uproar
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Bacala went on to say he supports the resolution and believes the state needs to put a stop to police brutality.

The state health department says it’s reviewing all data and will not be updating coronavirus case count today. Governor Edwards has a COVID-19 briefing at 2:30.