Hammond Representative Nicky Muscarello’s bill that would conceal the identity of the drug supplier for death penalty lethal injections passes the House floor on a 68-10 vote. Muscarello says this legislation is modeled after a Texas law that provides full details about the chemicals, but not who sold it.
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The measure heads to the Senate for more discussion.

A bill attempting to bring Uber and Lyft to all areas of the state passed out of a Senate committee, which killed similiar legislation the last two years. The taxi cab industry opposes, owner of United Cab Company in New Orleans Leonard Guidroz, says he believes cabs should be deregulated in an effort to compete..
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Taxicabs are regulated by the Public Service Commission, but under this bill, Lyft and Uber would be regulated by the state department of transportation.

Industrial hemp and CBD regulation clears a key Senate committee, but not without having a laundry list of regulations attached to the activity on it’s way to the Senate floor…
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