Southeast Louisiana is under a tornado watch until 1 PM and there are reports of a tornado on the ground in Peal River, which is in St Tammany Parish. According to the Louisiana Power Outage Map, 180-thousand customers are without power. The rain has stopped on the western side of the state, but meteorologist Ryan Gallagher says flooding remains a concern…
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Because of the weather, the Louisiana Senate is not meeting today. They will soon examine a House approved bill that will expand school vouchers to families of all incomes. Senate President Cameron Henry says there is a concern over how much this will cost the state…
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Shreveport native Catherine Herring told a Senate Committee about her horrifying experience of being poisoned by her husband who was trying to abort their baby by trying to trick her into taking Cyruz….
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A Senate committee approved legislation that creates the crime of coerced abortion, which could carry a penalty of five to 20 years in prison.

The full Senate has approved legislation that gives State Police and local law enforcement the ability to arrest migrants who are not legally allowed to be in the United States. Denham Springs Senator Valarie Hodges says Louisiana has the right to defend it self…
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A similar law in Texas has been challenged in the courts.