Louisiana becomes the 5th state to enact a fetal heartbeat abortion ban after Governor Edwards signs the prohibition into law. The law’s implementation is pending a legal challenge to a similar Mississippi law.
The deep south’s only Democratic Governor says he’s always been upfront about his pro-life views.
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Edwards touted his record on other issues such as the Medicaid expansion, as other examples of his pro-life views.
Before the governor signed the ban, hundreds of pro-choice demonstrators packed the capitol steps and voiced their opposition to the ban, led in chants by Planned Parenthood organizers…
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When interviewed, many in the crowd indicated Edwards’ signature would result in repercussions in the fall governor’s race.
An effort to reduce the state sales tax from the current 4.45 percent to four-percent over a four-year period died in a Senate Committee. Lawmakers settled on the current rate last year as part of a budget deal to avoid significant cuts. New Orleans Senator Karen Carter Peterson says residents are expecting the state to pay for a variety of things and the tax deal approved last year, helps the government fund those wishes…
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A Senate-approved resolution that contains a 1,000-dollar teacher pay raise and an additional 39 million dollars for public education passes through the House Education Committee. The Senate says the state has the money to afford the 39-million-dollar block grant, but House Appropriations Chairman Cameron Henry says that will be confirmed when the proposal moves next to the House Appropriations Committee.