Nearing final legislative passage is a bill that bans gender-affirming health care for transgender minors. Teiko Foxx has more…
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The Senate has given final legislative approval to a bill that attempts to improve reading scores. The legislation would require third graders to pass a literacy test to be promoted to the fourth grade. Supporters say a similar program in Mississippi has improved fourth grade reading scores.

A proposal to make it clear in the state constitution that slavery is prohibited in Louisiana fails to get the two-thirds vote needed in the Senate in order to appear on the October 14th ballot. Gonzales Senator Eddie Lambert told Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields he does not believe the state constitution needs to be changed regarding slavery…
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The vote was 21-16 in favor of the measure, but it needed 26 yes votes to pass.

A bill heading to the governor’s desk would result in life in prison for anyone convicted of possessing more than 250 grams of fentanyl. It’s an attempt to slow down the number of fentanyl overdoses, but LSU criminal law professor Doctor Ken Levy is skeptical
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Levy says poverty and mental health issues are root causes behind fentanyl use.