The House Education Committee approves legislation that would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom from elementary school to college. Haughton Representative Dodie Horton is a co-author of the bill and says The Ten Commandments are a historical document on which all laws are based.
The measure passed on a ten to three vote. Representative Barbara Freiberg, a Republican from Baton Rouge, was one of the three no votes. Freiberg believes Horton’s mandate for the displaying of the Ten Commandments sends the wrong message.
Cut 13 (14) “…religious faiths”
No other state has such a law.
New Orleans Representative Aimee Freeman hopes the third time is the charm for her legislation to require public schools to provide menstrual products. Sophia a 9th grader at Willow School in New Orleans timidly told House Education committee members she’s unable to focus on class instruction over worry about her cycles.
Cut 24 (09) “…sanitary product.”
The bill passed on a 9 to 2 vote and heads to Appropriations.
The Senate Transportation unanimously approves a bill to repeal legislation to install speed cameras on the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. The bill would also reverse doubling speeding tickets. New Iberia Senator Blake Miguez argues residents in his district can’t afford it.