Legislation seeking to allow non-felon adults to conceal carry without a permit is dead for this session. Oil City Representative Danny McCormick decided to pull it from consideration, because of amendments senators were proposing…
Cut 30 (12) “…defer it”
Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau wanted an amendment to make sure training would still be required to conceal carry.

The 2023 KIDS COUNT for Louisiana shows significant progress on some measures of child well being over the past decade. Director of Data and Research with Agenda for Children Teresa Falgoust says reading proficiency among 4th graders has improved and so has high school graduation rates and nearly every child has health insurance
Cut 4 (07) “…the years.’
But Louisiana continues to be weighed down by high child poverty rates, decreases in prenatal care for women and limited early childhood education access.

Legislation that targets the LGBTQ community is heading to the governor’s desk. The package of bills includes a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, Louisiana’s version of the Don’t Say Gay bill and pronoun usage in schools. Governor John Bel Edwards could veto the legislation. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says lawmakers would then have the option to return for an override veto session….
cut 8 (10) “….sort of legislation”

The Southern Rail Commission and Amtrak are meeting with local leaders along the I-20 corridor over the next couple of days to discuss the possibility of passenger rail service through north Louisiana. Southern Rail Commission Chairman Knox Ross is optimistic…
cut 12 (12) “….from now”
Ross says there are also federal dollars to get this done.