A vote on legislation that would legalize recreational marijuana use in Louisiana is once again delayed on the House floor. LaPolitics.com Publisher Jeremy Alford says there is not enough support at the moment to call for a vote.
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The bill would legalize possession and use for those over the age of 21.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, along with a bipartisan group of more than 40 attorneys general in other states and territories, wants Facebook to reconsider launching Instagram for Kids. Facebook and Instagram reported 20 million child sexual abuse images last alone in 2020. Landy says it only continues to get worse.
A launch date has not been announced.
Several businesses, frustrated over labor shortages, are calling on lawmakers to end federal enhancements for unemployment. Opponents like Louisiana Budget Project say businesses are unable to find enough qualified workers because they fail to pay a fair wage. State Director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses Dawn McVea says but some members report they have increased wages.
NFIB is asking the legislature to offer hiring incentives instead of enhanced unemployment.
A group of LSU students has developed a radiation detection device that astronauts will use for the IM-one-Lunar Mission to the moon next year. Recent Physics graduate Haley Pellegrin…
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The IM-1 mission is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2022.