Female lawmakers are not happy about a joke a male member of the House made during debate over legislation that raises the age from 18 to 21 to be hired as a stripper by a club. Jackson Representative Kenny Harvard proposed an amendment that strippers in Louisiana could only be between the ages of 21-and-28 and less than 160 pounds. Kenner Representative says the amendment was disrespectful and disgusting….
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Havard says the amendment was just a joke. But Stokes says she’s tired of the degratory comments made about women at the State Capitol…
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The bill ended up passing 96-0 without Havard’s amendment and goes back to the Senate for final approval, before heading to the Governor’s desk.

A House committee advances a Senate-approved bill that would give sheriff departments in nine parishes the ability to automatically scan motorists license plates in an effort to nab motorists who do not have auto insurance. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The Blue Lives Matter bill, which would charge people with a hate crime if they enact violence on police, firefighters or EMS, is headed to Governor John Bel Edwards desk. The Senate gave final passage on a 33-3 vote.