Attorney General Jeff Landry is telling public schools they do not have to comply with President Obama’s transgender bathroom mandate. Emelie Gunn has more…
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More lawmakers and even the governor are still talking about the stripper age/weight requirement “joke” amendment. Michelle Southern reports…:
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Attorney General Jeff Landry believes President Obama’s mandate to allow transgender individuals to use the restroom of their gender identity is unlawful. Landry says the President’s threat of defunding schools that don’t comply jeopardizes student safety and creates a public education crisis.
Landry says the president doesn’t have the authority to force students to share restrooms with members of the opposite sex. He says his message to public schools is they do not have to follow through with the mandate.
Landry says he’ll defend the schools, if the federal government rakes action against them for failing to follow this order. He says we’re supposed to be ruled by the majority, not the minority.
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Governor John Bel Edwards has signed a bill into law that allows patients with a wider variety of medical conditions to receive medical marijuana once it becomes available in Louisiana. Edwards says this is an issue that should stay between doctors and their patients.
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Sheriffs and district attorneys opposed the legislation over concerns about “creep”. But Edwards says this is not a gateway to the legalization of recreational marijuana. He also says he does not want this bill to be an ever expanding list of diseases for which medical cannabis can be prescribed.
People diagnosed with things like cancer, AIDS, and seizure disorders will soon be able to get medical marijuana in Louisiana. The legislation also attempts to speed up the process of getting medical cannabis in the hands of patients. The state is still seeking a grower for the drug. Edwards says signing this bill is one of this easiest decisions he’s made during this session, but also one of the most important.
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More lawmakers and even the governor are still talking about the stripper age/weight requirement “joke” amendment that ended up hitting the House Floor Wednesday. The change was added to a human trafficking bill stating strippers should be no younger than 21, but Jackson Representative Kenny Havard ending up withdrawing. New Orleans Sen. Karen Peterson says Havard should apologize:
The story is making national headlines and sparking outrage from people across the country. Peterson says this is embarrassing and Havard should realize how many people he’s hurt and offended…:
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The amendment suggested strippers should be young and skinny. Governor Edwards said he knows this was intended as a joke, but it was in bad taste…:
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A Senate-approved bill seeking equal pay for men and women who perform the same job failed to make it out of the House Labor Committee. Shreveport Representative Alan Seabaugh voted against it because he says there is already a law on the books that prevents pay discrimination based on gender.
But Baton Rouge Representative Ted James says there is still a gender pay gap. He says no one would say that women are less capable of performing these jobs, so there’s only one other reason for the wage gap.
Louisiana has the biggest pay gap in the nation. New Orleans Representative Helena Moreno says this wage discrimination is hurting women in Louisiana.
Vermillion Parish Representative Blake Miguez voted against the legislation. He says it interferes with how companies conduct their business.
Governor John Bel Edwards supports this proposal, and it is a significant defeat for his legislative agenda. The measure failed on a 10-5 vote.
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