A statewide ban on kratom is now one signature from Governor Landry away from becoming reality. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The State Fire Marshall’s Office and ATF have wrapped up their investigation of the Fire that Destroyed historic Nottoway on May 15th. Evidence collected from the scene has been transferred to the A-T-F Crime Lab in Atlanta, Georgia, where it is currently undergoing analysis to determine the origin and cause of the fire.
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The Alliance for Affordable Energy is urging the state and utility regulators to take steps to prevent another massive outage like the one New Orleans experienced Sunday night. The alliance’s clean grid manager, Yvonne Cappel (cah-PELL)-Vickery, says MISO should not be the ones to blame; one factor behind the outage was poor transmission planning among the utilities.
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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 advocates met with lawmakers to stress the importance of investing tobacco tax revenue in initiatives to prevent youth tobacco use and help smokers quit.