For the second time in this session, a vote to legalize recreational marijuana has been delayed by the bill’s author, Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson. La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says the bill has everything going against it right now except broad public support, but he warns against giving up on it just yet.
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The bill has been re-scheduled for a vote for tomorrow.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, along with a bipartisan group of more than 40 attorneys general, wants Facebook to reconsider launching Instagram for Kids. Landy fears a child-friendly Instagram for ages 13 and under will be misused by predators.
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But Facebook says the app they are developing would give parents more control.

Business groups are calling on lawmakers to cease federally enhanced unemployment benefits to help end the worker shortage. Brooke Thorington explains.
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According to the state health department, one-point-three million Louisiana residents have completed the COVID vaccine series. 28-percent of Louisiana residents are fully vaccinated, but the national average is 35-percent. Out of three Louisiana residents have received at least one shot.