A measure to prohibit abortions because of a genetic abnormality moves closer to final legislative passage. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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Lawmakers are in the final days of the regular session, and they have yet to approve the budget proposal for next fiscal year. Jeremy Alford with LaPolitics.com says HB1 will likely go into a conference committee before the session ends…:
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The measure requiring 4th-6th sixth graders in public schools to recite part of the Declaration of Independence every day won the approval of the House. But opponents argue it’s not fair to make such a mandate, as Thomas Jefferson, who authored the document, owned slaves when it was written — and so did many founding fathers…:
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The measure passed on a 70-23 vote.

The two men who were found shot to death in an SUV Thursday morning in Tangipahoa Parish have been identified as 31-year-old Charleston Mitchell of Hammond, and 31-year-old Randy Darnell Bickham of Springfield. The victims were located in Natlabany, and the search is on for the killer.

A flash flood watch is in effect for much of south Louisiana until tomorrow evening. Forecasters say showers and thunderstorms capable of producing heavy rainfall are rolling through the state over the next couple of days.