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Adam Vos hosted Thursday's Louisiana Considered. Baton Rouge Community College professor Clarence Nero, LSU School of Music professors Mara Gibson and Darrel Hale.

Health officials confirmed two cases — one in metro New Orleans and one in Southwest Louisiana.

A Louisiana senator abandoned his effort to limit transgender youths’ access to gender-confirming healthcare and counseling after the legislation drew a surge of opposition from LGBTQ advocates and other members of the public.

Capitol Access Reporter Paul Braun reports on the status of prominent issues being discussed in the current legislative session in Baton Rouge, including questions regarding the concealed carrying of firearms and the legalization of marijuana. Allison Plyer discusses the results of the 2020 census, focusing on population growth and potential miscalculations due to the relocation of residents of Lake Charles.

Rep. Richard Nelson, a first-term Republican from Mandeville, is the bill's unlikely sponsor. He testified that he has never smoked marijuana in his life and joked that his high school classmates would have voted him “least likely to legalize marijuana.”

They'll still be required on public transit and in schools, public health facilities and state government buildings. Private businesses and local jurisdictions can still enforce their own rules.