In a ceremony in the governor’s mansion. Governor Landry signed six auto insurance reform bills into law. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The Shreveport Police Department is investigating a premature stillborn baby found in linens at Alsco Uniforms. The heavily decomposed infant was discovered by an employee unloading a delivery truck from Dallas. The baby was described as very small and nearly mummified. Authorities are working to determine the circumstances.

A statewide poll shows strong support for the App Store Accountability Act which requires parental approval for minors to download apps on their smart devices. Louisiana Family Forum CEO Gene Mills says the legislation seeks to protect children from harmful content, misleading ratings and exploitative contracts…

Cut 6 (12) “…40 apps a week.”

A Senate bill that restricts exit polling outside of voting locations to “bona fide news gathering organizations” received approval from the House on a 57-38 vote. It returns to the Senate for final approval of House changes.  Destrehan Representative Beth Anne Billings says organizations will have to get approval from the Secretary of State’s Office…

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A person who infects another person with a sexually transmitted disease could be charged criminally under a bill approved by the House Criminal Justice Committee. Monroe Representative Pat Moore says current Louisiana law only addresses H-I-V and her bill would include all sexually transmitted diseases that are incurable and punishment would be six months or more in prison…

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Criminal defense attorneys oppose the measure as they believe it would be hard to prosecute. The bill heads to the House floor for more discussion.

Nearing final legislative passage is a bill that would only allow Bonafide news organizations to conduct exit polling outside of polling places on election day. Destrehan Representative Beth Anne Billings says a college student, a blogger, or influencer would not be able to conduct exiting polling…

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A poll shows strong support for the App Store Accountability Act which requires approval from parents for minors to download apps.  Sean Richardson has more.

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Monroe police say they’ve made an arrest in a brawl that involved several people in the parking lot of a Walmart over the Memorial Day weekend. Earlier today, Trace Castleberry, who is from Arkansas, was charged with second-degree battery. Monroe P-D says they are working to identify one other person involved in the brawl.

Governor Jeff Landry held a bill signing ceremony today where he signed several legal reform bills that he believes will lead to a reduction in frivolous lawsuits that have helped produce sky high auto insurance rates in Louisiana.

Landry also signed a bill that grants the insurance commissioner the authority to reject rate increases regardless of market conditions. It’s a bill that the state’s current insurance commissioner, Tim Temple, opposed.

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Temple says his office already has the power to reject rates and changes to the law will result in overregulation.

A Senate bill that restricts exit polling outside of voting locations to “bona fide news gathering organizations” received approval from the House on a 57-38 vote. Destrehan Representative Beth Anne Billings…

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The House Criminal Justice Committee approves a bill that would make it a crime to infect another person with a sexually transmitted disease. It would be a felony if the S-T-D is non-curable. The measure passed on a seven to five vote. Meghan Garvey from the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defensive Lawyers doesn’t see how you can prosecute this proposed law…

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The measure heads to the House floor and it still needs Senate approval too.

The Louisiana House has approved a bill that would create the App Store Accountability Act, which would require parental approval for minors to download apps on their smart devices. Opponents say the bill creates new data privacy and security problems and it doesn’t address that children can access harmful content on websites. But Louisiana Family Forum CEO Gene Mills says parents want Big Tech to put technology in place to make sure they approve their kids app downloads…

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Governor Landry signed six auto insurance reform bills into law this morning. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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A person who infects another person with a sexually transmitted disease could be charged criminally under a bill approved by the House Criminal Justice Committee. Monroe Representative Pat Moore has spent the last six weeks trying to get this proposal out of committee…

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Moore says current Louisiana law only addresses HIV.

A statewide poll shows strong support for the App Store Accountability Act which would require parental consent before minors could download apps.  Louisiana Family Forum CEO Gene Mills says it would also ensure accurate age ratings and require the app stores to implement one-time age verification.

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The bill, authored by Mandeville Representative Kim Carver heads to the Senate Commerce Committee.

LSU Baseball is hosting its 28^th Regional this weekend and its first since 2023. Designated Hitter Ethan Frey from Rosepine was a freshman on that team and is excited to experience postseason baseball at the Box once again….

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Several bills addressing the high cost of auto insurance in Louisiana have made their way to Governor Landry’s desk and at a ceremony in the governor’s mansion, he signed six of them into to law this morning. Landry said insurance companies make more money in Louisiana than in other states.

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These bills grant the insurance commissioner authority to reject rate increases regardless of market conditions, bar drivers 51-percent at fault or higher from collecting damages to cover their injuries and bar undocumented immigrants from collecting damages.

A bill that would require app stores to obtain parental consent before a minor could download an app passed the house. Louisiana Family Forum CEO Gene Mills supports  The App Store Accountability Act.

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While at least fourteen people face charges for helping some of the ten inmates in their escape from the Orleans Parish Jail, two people are being charged for helping Tra’von Johnson escape the Tangipahoa Parish Jail last week. Johnson was recaptured last Friday and 37-year-old Dameon Booth who was reportedly with Johnson when he was recaptured has been arrested charged with principal to simple escape and aggravated escape. Another inmate, 28-year-old Trevon Wallace allegedly helped Johnson over the fence also faces charges for his role. More arrests may be coming as deputies are searching for others who may have been involved in this escape.

A statewide ban on kratom is now one signature from Governor Landry away from becoming reality. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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It’s been a historic season for LSU Shreveport and the Pilots can make more history today. If LSU S wins tonight, it will be their 57^th straight victory which will tie the all-time college win streak set by Howard College in Texas. LSU-S will play at 8:30 central time in Lewiston, Idaho.

The ULM School of Education earned an A+ rating from the National Council on Teacher Quality for its elementary math teacher preparation, one of only four Louisiana universities to achieve this distinction. This follows ULM’s prior A+ rating in Reading Foundations. School of Education Associate Director Dr. Shalanda Stanley

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She says the difference is shortening the gap between learning how and actually practicing with students getting hundreds of hours of field experience prior to full-time teaching.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network held Cancer Action Day at the Capitol. Louisiana Government Relations Director for the ACS CAN Alice Kline says the rally was to advocate for increasing funding for tobacco prevention and cessation programs.

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In the next hour, Governor Jeff Landry will hold a bill signing ceremony on tort reform legislation designed to help bring down auto insurance rates. Yesterday, the Louisiana House delivered Governor Jeff Landry a victory by approving a bill that would allow the insurance commissioner to reject rates without justification. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says the measure will push insurers out of the state.

The Louisiana House has approved a bill that makes it a crime to possess and distribute kratom. Covington Republican Peter Egan objected, he said the herbal substance can help treat chronic pain and mental health issues….

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Despite Egan’s opposition the bill passed 87-6, sending it to the governor’s desk. During committee testimony, one family testified on how kratom drove their son to kill himself because the addiction is so bad.

There are more questions than answers when it comes to Sunday’s power outage that lasted several hours impacting nearly 100-thousand Louisianans. MISO, which is responsible for planning and coordinating generation and transmission of electricity, ordered a load shed after nuclear power plant shut down. Yvonne Capel Vickery is with the Alliance for Affordable Energy…

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The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network held a Cancer Action Day at the State Capitol. Louisiana Government Relations Director for the A-C-S CAN Alice Kline says they are urging legislators to sustain funding for the Louisiana Breast and Cervical Cancer Program and the Louisiana Tumor Registry…

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