A Louisiana abortion law authored by Monroe Senator Katrina Jackson in 2014 is struck down by the Supreme Court. If upheld the law would have required abortion clinics to have admitting privileges, which pro-choice advocates say would have closed two of the state’s three clinics. The Supreme Court also struck down a similar law out of Texas in 2016. The Center for Reproductive Rights filed suit preventing Louisiana’s law from going into effect. C-P-R CEO Nancy Northup is delighted with today’s ruling…
The decision was 5-4 against Louisiana’s law.
Assistant state health officer Dr. Joseph Kanter says recent police brutality protests are not responsible for the new wave of COVID cases impacting the state. Kanter says they may be large gathering, but…
Cut 11 (07) “…be wearing masks.”
The special session ends at six o’clock tomorrow night and lawmakers are debating several different tax break bills for businesses. Shreveport Senator Barry Milligan says COVID-19 has put several businesses on the brink of going out of business and they need the state’s help…
Any tax breaks approved would result in less revenue and fewer dollars available for the state. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow believes the state should consider many of these tax breaks in a fall special session…
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Louisiana tacks on another 845 cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the grand total to just over 57,000. 46% of those new cases are among those 29 and younger.