A House committee narrowly approves legislation that partially rolls back changes made by Governor John Bel Edwards to a tax break program that benefits large manufacturers. Matt Doyle has more…
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Two hotly debated topics will be discussed in a Senate committee this morning. Lawmakers will debate a proposed constitutional amendment to abolish the death penalty and there’s also a bill on the agenda that would prohibit an abortion when the fetus’ heartbeat is detected.

The Louisiana House passes a bill that says banks with gun control policies can not refuse to do business with companies involved in the manufacturing and selling of guns and ammunition. Erath Representative Blake Miguez says his legislation protects against a discriminatory action
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The House approved the measure on a 66-27 vote and it heads to the Senate for more discussion.

The state is reporting its first death from the Hepatitis A outbreak, which is a highly contagiuous liver infection. Assistant state health officer Joseph Kanter says Hep A primarily spreads through close contact and it’s most often seen with drug users, in the homeless population, prisoners and homosexuals. Kanter says at first someone may experience fever, fatigue and loss of appetite…..
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