The House has given final legislative passage to a bill that bans abortions when the heartbeat of a fetus is detected, which is usually around six weeks into a pregnancy. Baton Rouge Representative Ted James proposed an amendment that would provide an exception in cases of rape and incest…
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The amendment failed to pass and Governor Edwards says he’ll sign the bill.

There’s a week to go in the legislative session and it seems likely teachers will get a pay raise, but it remains unclear how much. The House supports a 12-hundred dollar pay raise, but the Senate is pushing for a one-thousand dollar raise. Louisiana Federation of Teachers President Larry Carter…
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Teacher pay will come up when the House Education committee meets at 11 AM.

After months of high-water and swollen waterways, St. Martin Parish is getting ready for even higher river levels once the Morganza Spillway opens Sunday.
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Two people are dead from two separate home fires in south Louisiana. The State Fire Marshal’s office says one person died in a residential fire in Bogalusa and the Baton Rouge Fire Department says a three-year-old girl died in a house fire and her father was injured. Also an East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputy has died in a single vehicle wreck near Zachary.