Louisiana can now enforce a 2016 law that prohibits those under the age of 21 from performing as an exotic dancer in bars and nightclubs. Solicitor General Liz Murrill, with the Louisiana A-G’s office, says a federal appeals court panel originally said the law was too vague, but reversed their decision after the A-G’s office made their case again…
cut 13 (07) “….vagueness standard”
Three young women filed a lawsuit challenging the law claiming it infringed on their First Amendment rights to freedom of expression.
A new drug is available for those who have a life threatening peanut allergy. LSU Health New Orleans allergy expert, Doctor Sanjay Kamboj, says its an oral medication that builds up peanut tolerance and it should prevent death if a person consumes a tiny portion of peanuts…
cut 8 (08) “…desensitization”
One in 50 Americans is estimated to have a peanut allergy, something patients are usually stuck with for their entire lives.
Les Miles is back as a college football coach. The “Mad Hatter” has a five-year deal with the Kansas Jayhawks that will pay the 65-year-old two-point-seven million dollars a year. Miles says he’s been eager to coach again, since LSU fired him in September of 2016
Cut 3 (12) “…10 thousand hour”
Miles has a big task in front of him as Kansas has not had a winning season since 2008.
The state Department of Children and Family Services will help organizations tied to the United Way with workforce training for food stamp recipients in seven southeast Louisiana parishes. DCFS Secretary Market Garner Walters says these organizations will receive federal dollars for doing such training for people on the SNAP rolls…
cut 10 (08) “…like technical colleges”