Able-bodied adults without children will soon be required to participate in job training programs in order to get food stamps, because of an executive order signed by Governor John Bel Edwards. Jeff Palermo has more…
Should schools still teach children how to write in cursive? The Senate Education Committee says “Yes” as they approved a bill by Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell that requires cursive writing to be taught to public school students by the third grade…
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The senate floor will hear the bill next.
The Senate approved a bill to expand the list of diseases medical marijuana can be used to treat. Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt supports the bill because of the huge influx of emails she received from parents of children who need this medicine because medical marijuana is the only drug that works for them.
The bill now moves to the House.
Louisiana lawmakers are standing up for the little guys, and girls, looking to make a few dollars at their neighborhood lemonade stand. A bill unanimously passed in the Senate to exempt these kids from having to pay an occupational license tax. Norco Senator Gary Smith says some children in the state have been ticketed for selling lemonade without a license.
The measure now heads to the House.