The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, which was vetoed last year and received opposition from transgender advocates passed in the Senate Tuesday. Franklinton Republican Senator Beth Mizell’s bill prohibits transgender females from competing against women. Mizell says the legislation has wide support.
The vote was 29 to 6. The bill now heads to a House committee.
LSU’s 2022 Louisiana Survey indicates 40-percent of home insurance policyholders filed claims in the last two years and almost half weren’t pleased with the process. Associate Professor Michael Henderson says whether it’s two years of significant weather events or COVID respondents generally aren’t hopeful.
Cut 10 (11) “…be getting better.”
A bill seeking to end the death penalty in Louisiana meets defeat in Senate Judiciary C. Bill author Monroe Democrat Senator Katrina Jackson says Louisiana is only one of 27 states that still sentence people to death, and it should stop…
CUT 04(15) “…in their hands”
But there was doubt among committee members. Franklinton Republican Senator Beth Mizell worries Jackson’s bill forgets the rights of survivors of a capital crime…
CUT 06(13) “…to ask for.”
By a vote of 5-to-1, the bill failed to pass in committee therefore will go no farther in this legislative session.