The 2023 legislative session is underway and Governor John Bel Edwards is calling on state lawmakers to add exceptions to the state’s abortion ban…
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Edwards also pushed for those exceptions last year, but still signed a bill that would ban abortions in Louisiana once the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade.

Abita Springs Representative Larry Frieman has filed a bill that would deny parole for offenders who are considered dangerous to society….
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Under Frieman’s proposed legislation, a convicted offender would have a hearing to determine IF he or she IS a dangerous offender prior to the sentencing phase. If the judge determines them to be a danger to society, parole and/or probation can be denied.

Former Louisiana Attorney General Richard Ieyoub has passed away at the age of 78. He served as the state’s A-G from 1992 to 2004. Ieyoub took on major tobacco companies for deceptive practices in making and marketing cigarettes. In an interview last August on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster, Ieyoub remembers getting a visit from lawyers representing Big Tobacco…
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That settlement resulted in four-point-six billion dollars for the state.

A new study led by Tulane University researchers finds record-breaking rates of sea-level rise along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts since 2010. River-Coastal Science and Engineering Professor, Sonke Dangendorf, says these rapid rates are unprecedented and attributed to the effects of man-made and natural climate changes.
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Dangendorf says these high rates of sea-level rise have put more stress on vulnerable coastlines, particularly in Louisiana and Texas where land is also sinking rapidly.