A Bill banning workplace and employment discrimination on the basis of an employee’s natural hair clears a House committee. New Orleans Senator Troy Carter says his bill was inspired by numerous incidents where Blacks were suspended from school or fired just for wearing their hair naturally. Haughton Representative Dodie Horton was surprised to hear about that…
The bill passed 7-4 and heads to the House floor for final approval.
Governor John Bel Edwards is touting the benefits of the vaccine by emphasizing that families who are fully vaccinated will be able to have a safe, fun Mother’s Day indoors without having to wear masks or distancing.
A bill to allow cameras in special education classrooms advances from Senate Education. Brooke Thorington has more.
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LSU has a new president and chancellor of its flagship school as 65-year-old William Tate the 4th was a unanimous pick by the LSU Board of Supervisors. He becomes LSU’s first Black president and the first African American university president in the SEC. Governor Edwards says Tate, who is a provost at the University of South Carolina, is the right person to lead LSU.