Legislation to enhance and change oversite of the state’s medical marijuana program went into effect this month. Houma Representative Tanner Magee’s bill allows existing marijuana licensed pharmacies to have satellite pharmacies, so the product is more accessible and oversite is transferred the Department of Health, which has more labs to assure speedy supply.
CUT 04 (07) “…lot of delays.”
The law doesn’t increase the number of licensed growers; just the places where medical cannabis is available.
New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter is a co-chair of a new Bipartisan Congressional Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Caucus. Carter says they will work to improve the federal government’s response to natural disasters.
Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins says he’s appealing the court’s decision to disqualify him from re-election. A lawsuit filed by a Shreveport resident alleged Perkins did not live at the address he listed on qualifying papers. Perkins says there are those who seek to block him from another term in office, by preventing supporters from voting for him…:
CUT 11(06) “…of your rights.”
The Louisiana Department of Education says public school students performed better on LEAP tests during the 2021-22 school year compared to the previous year due to the pandemic. Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says mastery rates for students in grades three through eighth improved three points in both math and English