Congresswoman Julia Letlow announced last week she’d be co-sponsoring a constitutional amendment to ban the burning of the U.S. flag with Arkansas Republican Steve Womack. Letlow says this amendment is about protecting the flag and what it represents.
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A proposed amendment must be approved by two-thirds of both the House and Senate and then ratified by three-fourths of the states.
The leader of a local rap label has been arrested as part of a drug bust in East Baton Rouge Parish, along with several others. Authorities say the rap leader is 31 year old Jornell Keelen, who’s facing several charges. East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux says more than 2,200 lethal doses of fentanyl, along with other drugs and items, were seized during the drug bust.
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After 21 years, Louisiana Tech is headed back to the Sun Belt. Kace Kieschnick reports.
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The Pennington Biomedical Research Center has launched the Pennington Generation research study to study childhood obesity. Dr. Peter Katzmarzyk, an associate executive director for population and public health science at Pennington says the study looks at lifestyle factors.