The Louisiana House approves legislation that would allow visitors with a concealed handgun permit to bring a gun into K-12 schools and university campuses. The bill’s author, Erath Representative Blake Miguez, says concealed carry permit holders have been tested and found reliable enough to be allowed to bring guns into schools…
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Miguez says teachers and students would not be allowed to possess guns under his proposed legislation. The measure passed on a 59-36 vote. Westwego Representative Robert Billiot voted against it. He says the proposal adds more responsiblities for educators…
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The legislation heads to the Senate for more debate.

Legislation that would allow students to bring bulletproof backpacks into schools is one step away from final approval. Isidore Newman High Student Pierce Nelson testified in the House Education committee that a bulletproof backpack would give him a greater peace of mind…
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The measure heads to the full House where it’s expected to be approved and sent to the governor’s desk for his signature.

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s office has arrested a 50-year-old man on bigamy charges. Spokesperson Casey Rayborn Hicks says Chaffie Brown had a wife in Baton Rouge and in LaPlace, who he married in 1993. Hicks says Brown married another woman in 2013
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