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Landry is advocating for an overhaul of Louisiana’s constitution. He argues the current document is “bloated and outdated.”
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Among hundreds of bills lawmakers will consider is one that would eliminate the state’s three-year rule, which prevents insurance companies from dropping people who have had policies with them for at least three years.
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Two Baton Rouge advocates for abortion rights will attend the State of the Union Address Thursday night in Washington, D.C.
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The legislation mirrors bills filed in other states that counter a national conservative movement to revoke access to birth control and other reproductive health care.
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The allocations include funding for Louisiana National Guard to deploy to the U.S. border in Texas, along with raises, new equipment and dry cleaning allowances for state police.
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The legislature completed a two-week special session Thursday that will likely reshape the landscape of criminal punishment in Louisiana for years to come.
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Lawmakers in the Louisiana House gave final approval to multiple controversial proposals Wednesday, including a measure that would treat 17-year-olds as adults in the state’s criminal justice system.
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The proposals threaten to undo many of the bipartisan criminal justice reforms passed in 2017 under former Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards.
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Gov. Jeff Landry weighs in on the session so far, discusses his crime policies and takes questions from listeners.
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Louisiana is the only state where students have to pass exams to graduate high school. If they fail, there’s no way to appeal. The kids most likely to miss out are recent immigrants.
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Lawmakers will consider nearly 30 tough-on-crime bills during a special session focused on combating crime in Louisiana that kicked off Monday afternoon in Baton Rouge.
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The U.S. House voted Thursday to approve a bill that would preempt the Biden administration’s move last month to pause new approvals for some liquified natural gas exports.