The House Labor Committee passes legislation that would prohibit a private or public employer from firing or taking retaliatory action against an employee for misgendering. Chairman Raymond Crews of Bossier City is the author of the legislation.
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Crews is referring to Luke Ash, who was let go of his job last July after he refused to use someone’s preferred pronouns. The measure is heading to the House floor after a six-to-four vote along party lines in House Labor.
Shreveport Democratic Representative Tammy Phelps reminded the committee that as long as a business does not fire a worker based on race, sex, age, religion, natural origin or disability, it does not have to give a reason for the dismissal.
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The discussion will continue on the House floor.
The 54th Annual Ponchatoula Strawberry Fest begins today. It starts this morning at eleven and runs through Sunday at Memorial Park on North Sixth Street. Donald Lanier with the Strawberry Festival says they’ll be taking over Main Street tomorrow morning with a parade that begins at 9:30.
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About 300-thousand people are expected to attend the free festival and law enforcement from around the area will be on hand to make sure it’s a safe event.
And it will be an excellent weekend to boil crawfish. Laney King, co-founder of the Crawfish App, says there was a noticeable price drop following the Easter weekend, which is typical…
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King says you can get a sack of live crawfish for under one-hundred dollars and $5.60 per pound for boiled crawfish.