Consumer watchdog groups are warning parents of potential scams due to the nationwide shortage of baby formula. Brooke Thorington has more.

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While a bill to criminalize abortion in Louisiana failed to get out of committee, two other anti-abortion bills did advance to the Senate. Senate Bill 342 would increase criminal penalties for abortion providers and SB 388 would prohibit out-of-state vendors from selling abortion-inducing medication to people in this state.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that US traffic fatalities are at their highest level in 16 years with nearly 43-hundred deaths in 2021, an 11 percent increase from the previous year. Mark Lambert, spokesman for the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, says driver behavior is typically the cause of traffic deaths, and the leading cause is highly preventable.

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The Senate Health and Welfare Committee votes in favor of a House-approved bill that’s aimed at improving access to medical marijuana. The House voted 77-16 for the legislation and now that the committee has approved the measure, it’s expected to receive approval from the full senate. But there is opposition. Military veteran Tony Landry says there’s a monopoly on the medical marijuana industry with just nine licensed pharmacies and two licensed growers, LSU and Southern.

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