Improving access to medical marijuana is one of the goals of state lawmakers during the ongoing session. The Louisiana House has approved a bill that allows the nine medical marijuana license holders to open more than one pharmacy if they have a patient count over 25-hundred. Houma Representative Tanner Magee says the legislation also shifts regulatory authority from the ag department to the department of health…
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Louisiana schools would offer free menstrual supplies in bathrooms as a result of a bill that’s awaiting discussion on the House floor. The House Education Committee approved the measure and Ananya Bhatia from Caddo Magnet in Shreveport testified in favor…
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Eleven states already have bills requiring schools to provide menstrual products.

Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says lawmakers are still looking at legislation to prevent huge increases in flood insurance premiums as a result of Risk Rating 2.0. Graves says one proposed bill has bipartisan support…
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Graves says the ultimate solution is to build better storm and flood mitigation measures, so flood insurance is not a necessity.

A student from Southern University Lab in Baton Rouge has received the honorable Gold Medal Congressional Award. The accolade awarded to Kelsie Tillage, who is in 11th grade, is the highest honor a young person can achieve from Congress. Tillage says she’s so grateful…:
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Tillage has a 4.29-grade point average and performs hundreds of hours of community service.