After years of failure, The U-S Senate has approved a significant gun safety bill. 15 Republicans, including Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy, joined 50 Democrats to vote for the legislation that includes more stringent background checks for gun buyers under 21 years old, provides billions of dollars to improve mental health services and hardens schools. Cassidy says if you support the 2nd Amendment, you should support the bill…
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Louisiana’s junior US Senator John Kennedy voted against the legislation.

Governor John Bel Edwards has signed into a law legislation requiring working carbon monoxide detectors for one and two family homes that are sold or leased after January 1st. Whole house generators will also need a dectector and the bill’s author Stephanie Hiliferty says every household should get one…
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To address the ongoing teacher shortage lawmakers passed a few bills, including a pay raise but a good government group says more can still be done. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Shell is donating 27-million dollars to LSU to establish the Institute for Energy Innovation, which will advance reliable, affordable, environmentally responsible energy. The gift is the university’s largest ever from a for-profit corporate partner and the largest philanthropic investment in energy-related initiatives.