A bill to ban transgender medical procedure for minors has been resurrected in the session’s final week. The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted against the bill, but the full Senate voted to move the bill to Senate Judiciary A, which quickly advanced it to the Senate floor. Last week, Senate Health & Welfare Committee killed the bill, with committee chair Fred Mills casting the deciding vote. Mills says the bill got a fair hearing…:

CUT 07(12)      “…found a solution.”

The bill goes to the Senate floor, for what could be final passage. Governor Edwards is likely to veto.

The Louisiana Cancer Research Center is holding a Promising Practices Conference at Louisiana Tech University today to discuss statewide efforts to rid Louisiana of the epithet “Cancer Alley.” LCRC’s Earl Benjamin-Robinson says public input is invited…:

CUT 09(11)      “…going on.”

There are now three candidates to be the state’s next Attorney General, after one of them decided to step away from that race. Brooke Thorington reports…:

CUT 02(31)      “…Thorington.”

We’re only two days into the hurricane season, yet out in the Gulf swirls Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the season. The system is packing 40-mile-an-hour winds, but is expected to track south toward Cuba, and pose no threat to Louisiana.