Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill clarifies some points of a new law concerning a pair of abortion-inducing drugs.
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Murrill says the new law, which goes into effect October 1st, does not prevent doctors from prescribing those drugs, and it will not hold doctors criminally or civilly liable for doing so. Other drugs classified as Schedule Four controlled substances in Louisiana include Valium, Xanax and Ambien.
Researchers at the Memphis Zoo breed the first Louisiana Pine Snake using artificial insemination. Conservation Director Steve Reichling says this breakthrough could serve as a model for other endangered or threatened species.
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Reichling’s method involves the use of frozen sperm samples instead of fresh ones.
The Public Service Commission selects Baton Rouge-based Aptim Environmental and Infrastructure to run its new statewide energy efficiency program. Commissioner Davante Lewis hailed the choice.
Not everyone is on board with the statewide energy efficiency model. Commissioner Eric Skrmetta says it will significantly raise the budget and, in turn, will raise people’s utility rates.
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Aptim has experience in this – it has run Wisconsin’s statewide program since 2011.
A Bossier Parish middle school student is arrested for allegedly making threats against his school on social media. Sheriff Julian Whittington says a concerned parent notified the school. The 13-year-old is charged with one count of terrorizing.