Public School employees would not be allowed to discuss sexuality and gender identity under legislation that’s moving closer to final legislative passage at the state capitol. Opponents say this is not an issue in Louisiana, but the author of the legislation, Haughton Representative Dodie Horton disagrees…
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But Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis, Louisiana’s first openly gay elected official, says the measure singles out students, teachers and parents who are different…
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Louisiana’s version of the Don’t Say Gay Bill has been approved by the House and is awaiting debate on the Senate floor.

Louisiana and nine other states have filed a lawsuit against the federal government for the steep flood insurance rate hikes they are implementing. State Solicitor General Liz Murrill says there’s no transparency in what FEMA is doing…
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FEMA says they’ve calculated the new premiums by looking at scientific models and projecting the costs of rebuilding a flood damaged home.

LSU’s 2023 Louisiana Survey finds that 70-percent of residents support legal recreational use of marijuana. That percentage has increased from 42-percent in 2013. Doctor Michael Henderson organized the poll and says this is an issue the new governor and legislature will have to face…
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Governor John Bel Edwards opposes legalizing recreational marijuana use.