New Orleans Senator and chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party Karen Peterson is demanding an apology from Jackson Representative Kenny Havard, who jokingly offered up an amendment to a bill that said strippers must be young and skinny. Peterson asked for the apology whil speaking on the Senate floor…
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The House Labor committee rejected the governor-backed equal pay legislation, requiring businesses to pay men and women the same for equal work. Baton Rouge Representative Ted James says Louisiana has the largest gender pay gap in the nation and this bill would fix it…
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Business groups opposed the legislation.

The governor 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 this legislation could help hundreds of families…

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The legislation also attempts to speed up the process of getting medical marijuana in the hands of the patient.

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…
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Landry says he’ll defend the schools, if the federal government takes action against them for failing to follow this order.