According to the USDA, Louisiana lost two-thousand farms between 2017 and 2022, but the amount of land used to farm has stayed about the same. Neil Melancon with the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation says smaller farms are finding it impossible to remain economically viable, so we are just seeing bigger farms.
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No one on the House Criminal Justice Committee voted against a bill that would expand the methods the state can use to execute a death row inmate. One of the options would be nitrogen gas. There were members who spoke against it
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The legislation gets another hearing today in House Governmental Affairs.

A bill allowing non-felon adults in Louisiana to carry a concealed gun without a permit is headed to the Senate floor after passing a Senate Judiciary Committee. Colleen Crain has the story…
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