Legislation that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or disability is heading to the Senate floor after it was approved on a two to one vote by a Senate committee. The author of the measure, New Orleans Senator JP Morrell…
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There’s also a bill in the Senate that says businesses can’t ban employment based on sexual or gender identity.

A measure that calls on Louisiana to enforce surrogacy contracts is moving closer to final legislative passage. Louisiana Right to Life’s Diana Wallace is concerned a surrogate may be pressured to have an abortion, if it turns out she will have more than one child…
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If the bill is approved by the full Senate, it heads to the governor’s desk.

Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft says the autopsy is complete on the body of two-year-old Willow Rain Renteria-Molina, but authorities are not releasing the cause of death. 33-year-old Rodney Bailey of DeRidder is the person of interest in the case and is in jail on felony drug charges.

Shreveport Representative Barbara Norton’s bill that creates a Bullying Awareness and Treatment Task Force is advancing to the House floor. Norton says this group would identify how and where bullying starts and how it progresses. She says the taskforce findings could also help adults…
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