The Senate Health and Welfare Committee has approved two bills that addresses what happened in Tangipahoa Parish when hundreds of nursing home residents were sent to a single facility during Hurricane Ida. One of the measures approved will require the State Fire Marshal to approve nursing home evacuation plans. Covington Senator Patrick McMath…
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Another bill heading to the Senate floor would require that long-term health care facilities must have generator power.

When Monroe Senator Stewart Cathey, Jr. introduced Senate Bill 93 to members of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, he warned it could metamorphosis into divisive legislation.
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Cathey says the Gulf Fritillary (frit-ah-lar-ee) is the only butterfly indigenous to the Bayou State and he introduced the bill to fulfill a campaign promise.

Loading your Easter basket with Elmer Candy is a longstanding tradition. David Grubb has the latest from the Louisiana confectionary.
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