At the state capitol this morning, the House Ag Committee debates a bill that would prohibit the labeling of non-dairy products as milk. For instance when you go to the grocery store, you can purchase products called coconut, soy or almond milk. But Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says…
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But a spokesperson for a company called Silk says the legislation is unnecessary because people know the difference between plant and animal milk.

The Advocate newspaper has won its first Pulitzer Prize for its series of reports on the state’s former non-unanimous juries law that was later changed, when voters approved a constitutional amendment in November. Advocate President Judi Terzotis says the paper was able to tell the story of racial impacts of the former law on multiple platforms….
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It’s only the sixth time a Louisiana publication has won a Pulitzer.

Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser is working to create a new statewide Civil Rights Trail. Nungesser is holding a series of meetings that will help establish locations for the trail and he wants to establish a civil rights museum in New Orleans…
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Alabama and Mississippi are also developing a civil rights trail.

Many are saddened that a massive fire has destroyed the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Former Alliance Francaise de Lafayette (ah-lee-ans Frahn-says duh Lafayette) President Sabrina Benazzouz (ben-ah-zooz) tells us the first brick was laid in 1163 and “Our Lady” was the sight of numerous historic moments such as the crowning of English King Henry 4th, made famous by Shakespeare, to the beatification of Joan De Arc.
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The Cathedral housed the most famous, and largest stained glass piece on earth, the Rose Window.