Kenner Representative Julie Stokes is livid about an amendment that was tagged on to the stripper age requirement bill that Jackson Representative Kenny Harvard said was just a joke. The change, which Havard later withdrew, stated strippers should be young a skinny. Stokes says she’s tired of the derogatory comments made about women at the State Capitol…:
Cut 15 (11) “disgusting”
The measure to require strippers be at 21 passed the House.

Today Governor John Bel Edwards is signing the medical marijuana expansion legislation, because he says it’s the right thing to do. But he said on his monthly radio show that he does not support the legalization of recreational marijuana…:
CUT 8 (09) “right now”

A bill to require students to recite part of the Declaration of Independence daily has made it out of the House Education Committee. Denham Springs Representative Valerie Hodges says schools need to prepare students for citizenship….:
cut 12 (10) “primary goal”
The bill heads to the House floor.

The federally regulated insect pest of Ash Trees, the Emerald Ash Borer has been discovered in north Louisiana. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says the pest originates in Asia and is now in four Louisiana parishes. He says the main way the Emerald Ash Borer is transmitted is by the moving of firewood…:
cut 4 (06) “burn it”
The pest has been discovered in Union, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster Parishes and a quarantine is in place.

St. Landry Parish’s Captain Clay Higgins announces he’s decided to run for the third congressional district seat. It’s currently held by Congressman Charles Boustany, who is running for the senate seat being vacated by David Vitter.