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After getting some pushback, Mayor-President Sid Edwards has scaled back his controversial plan to rededicate funds from the East Baton Rouge library system.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about a proposed bill that would expand execution methods in Louisiana. Plus Charlotte Claiborne, executive director of the Bridge Center in Baton Rouge, joins us to discuss the mental health organization’s recent 3rd anniversary. Later, the State Library of Louisiana is celebrating Black History Month with a virtual presentation featuring Mona Lisa Saloy, the state’s former poet laureate.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the ways a group of activists is responding to the prolonged closure of the Central City Library in New Orleans. We also hear about a collaborative study of the depth of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, and chat with Gwen Collins-Greenup, a Democrat running for secretary of state.