A Senate committee approves legislation that would make it a crime to conduct a disruptive protest inside a church or near a place of worship. Ponchatoula Senator Bill Wheat says with his legislation, he’s not trying to infringe upon the First Amendment right to protest…
The legislation, which is headed to the Senate floor, is in response to a protest that took place at a Minneapolis church last January where the pastor was an ICE officer.
Meghan Garvey with the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers says the U-S Supreme Court has already ruled it is unconstitutional to ban someone from protesting on a public sidewalk. Garvey says the bill also needs to do a better job in defining what is “disruptive” so it does not infringe on free speech rights…
The measure heads to the Senate floor for more discussion.
Louisiana could soon have a recreational alligator hunting season. There’s a commercial alligator hunting season, but Franklin Senator Robert Allain says with the number of alligators increasing, he would like to open alligator hunting to recreational hunters…
About 50 years ago, the state’s alligator population was below 100-thousand, but thanks to conservation efforts there are now more than three-million gators in the state. The Senate Natural Resources Committee approved the bill to create a recreational alligator hunting season, it now heads to the Senate Floor for more discussion.
A state lawmaker wants to give voters the opportunity to decide if the minimum wage should be raised from $7.25 an hour. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says that’s just untenable.
That’s why Barrow is proposing a constitutional amendment not only to increase the minimum wage immediately, but also to make sure it keeps up with inflation. Previous attempts to raise the minimum wage have been defeated because opponents say it will lead to higher costs and fewer jobs.