Governor John Bel Edwards has decided to let a bill that prohibits transgender women from playing female sports become law without his signature. Edwards says if he vetoed the bill for a second consecutive year, it’s likely lawmakers would have overridden his veto. The bill’s author, Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell, says the intent of her legislation has been to protect women’s sports not to exclude individuals…
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The law goes into effect on August 1st.

The LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center says they’ve developed an app that can boost motor skills by an average of 16-percentage points for children between the ages of three and five years old. Associate Professor of Research Doctor Amanda Staiano says poor motor skills can lead to childhood obesity, so it’s important to teach children as early as possible…
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The name of the app is called “Play” and Pennington is trying to get funding to make it available to the public.

State education officials are working with local districts to help make our kids safer in class. More from Kevin Gallagher…:
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State Police says a 16-year-old from Lafayette was killed during a high-speed chase. L-S-P says the Carencro Police Department attempted to conduct a traffic stop on LA 182 when an 18-year-old Jamari Tillman of Morgan City sped away from the cops. Tillman lost control of the stolen Explorer he was driving, the vehicle overturned and George Desamon of Lafayette died from his injuries. Tillman suffered moderate injuries.