Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple would like to see the governor or lawmakers call a special session this year to address the legal environment around automobile crashes. This comes after Governor Landry vetoed a bill that Temple and pro business groups believed would help reduce auto insurance rates…
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Landry said at a press conference the legislation would not be fair for a car accident victim who won damages in a jury trial.

Governor Jeff Landry has signed into law legislation that gives judges the ability to sentence certain convicted sex offenders to surgical castration if the victim is the under the age of 13. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow hopes the new law sends a clear message to anyone who seeks to sexually abuse kids…
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A federal judge in Baton Rouge has been asked to issue an order that would prevent inmates at Angola from working on the prison farm when heat indices reach 88 degrees or higher. Sean Richardson has more.
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Governor Jeff Landry has signed into law legislation requiring all public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Louisiana is the first state with such a mandate. At a Republican fundraiser in Tennessee, Landry said he can’t wait to be sued for signing the bill and the ACLU of Louisiana said today they will sue, because the U-S Supreme Court has already over turned a similar law more than 40 years ago.