With hurricane season set to officially begin in a little over a week, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration – aka NOAA – predicts another “active” season, with from 16-to-21 named storms. They expect 6-to-10 of those to be major hurricanes. Here’s NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad…:

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FEMA officials strongly urge us all to start making storm preparations as soon as possible.

A bill that would ban discriminating against someone because they wear a popular or ethnic hairstyle passes the full House and moves to the Senate. New Orleans Representative Candace Newell says this issue impacts not only Black men and women in the state, but cuts across all demographics in some way…:

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Breaux Bridge Representative Mike Huval’s legislation to ban handheld cellphone use moves closer to becoming law.  Brooke Thorington has more…:

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The state moves closer to officially purging Confederate themed holidays from state law. It’s been many years since Confederate Memorial Day or Robert E. Lee’s Birthday were observed, but they ARE still on the books. A bill to do that has passed the full House and moves over to the Senate. Little opposition is expected.