The Louisiana House approves a bill that expands the state’s medical-marijuana program. Michelle Southern has the story…
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Based on a draft opinion from the Supreme Court, abortions in Louisiana could soon be illegal in Louisiana. Jeff Palermo has the story….
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The Louisiana House unanimously backs legislation that would allow some retired teachers to return to work, while still receiving their full retirement benefits. Baton Rouge Representative Rick Edmonds on why this bill is needed…
Edmonds is the sponsor of the legislation and the state department of education has expressed concern about not having enough qualified teachers…
Currently, retired teachers can return to the classroom and collect 25-percent of their final average compensation. Edmonds boosts that percentage up to 50-percent. He was asked why not move the percentage higher…
Edmonds bill heads to the Senate for further consideration. The Senate has already passed its own bill to bring back retired teachers.
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The Louisiana House overwhelming approves a bill to expand the medical marijuana program. There are currently nine licensed medical marijuana pharmacies in Louisiana and Houma Representative Tanner Magee’s measure awards a tenth license and allows licensee holders to open multiple pharmacies…
A big complaint from medical marijuana patients is access with only nine pharmacies that dispense the drug. Gretna Representative Joe Marino added an amendment to the bill that allows a medical marijuana license holder to open another location if they have 25-hundred patients…
The bill also allows home delivery.
Magee says the legislation also shifts regulatory authority from the department of agriculture to the department of health
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The bipartisan committee investigating the circumstances of and events following the deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene is set to hold the former head of the Louisiana State Police, Kevin Reeves, in contempt for his refusal to turn over documents that could shed additional light on the actions of LSP. Here’s the committee chair, Representative Tanner Magee…
Magee says he arranged to meet with Reeve’s attorney, Lewis Unglesby to review the journals only for notes related specifically to the Greene case. When he arrived, the meeting did not go as planned…
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During the meeting, Magee said he identified an entry date of June 17, 2020, that referenced Governor John Bel Edwards by name along with notes about police brutality and body cams, and wanted to review it in greater detail. Unglesby refused to turn it over, along with the other requested materials, leading to the current situation…
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In response, Unglesby says that Col. Reeves hasn’t done anything to warrant contempt charges and has been wholly cooperative with the investigation.
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Based on a draft opinion leaked to Politico the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the 1973 case Roe versus Wade that legalized abortion nationwide. Such a decision would mean abortion would be illegal in Louisiana. Louisiana Right to Life Director Ben Clapper explains why…
That 2006 trigger law was signed by former Democratic Governor Kathleen Blanco.
The Supreme Court is making its ruling based on a legal challenge to a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Clapper says an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito says Roe was wrong from the start and it’s time to return the abortion issue to the public’s elected representatives
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Because of Louisiana’s trigger law, three abortion clinics in this state will close immediately if the Supreme Court overturns Roe versus Wade. New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry tweeted that she is so sorry for what will happen to women in our country. Clapper had this response