Republican Governor Jeff Landry, who appears hellbent on dismantling Louisiana‘s education system, signed a bill on Wednesday mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom in the state. The new legislation requires that a poster-sized display of the religious text be placed in all state-funded schools …
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Louisiana GOP Governor Jeff Landryhas signeda billtoreclassify drugs used in abortionas Schedule IVcontrolled dangerous substances, placing the pills in the same category as Xanax and Valium. The first-of-its kind law makes it a crime to possess misoprostol and mifepristone without a prescription, and was signed by the governor a day …
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Louisiana is poised to legally reclassify abortion care medication as a dangerous controlled substance punishable with jail time if obtained without a prescription. On Thursday, the Republican-controlled Louisiana state Senate voted 29 to 7 to advance Senate Bill No. 276 to the state’s Republican governor, Jeff Landry, who is expected …
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On Tuesday, lawmakers in Louisiana voted 64-29 to reclassify drugs used in abortion as controlled dangerous substances. It’s a move staunchly protested by hundreds of physicians in the state, who fear passing this bill will interfere with patient care given how commonly one of the pills, misoprostol, is used to …
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Think of Louisiana, and the debauchery of Mardi Gras comes easily to mind. But in the northwest corner of the state — closer to Dallas than to New Orleans, the Red River than the Mississippi — sits the town of Minden, about 30 miles from Shreveport. This is deep-red America, …
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Voters in Louisiana elected a new governor last week. For 56 of the state’s residents, the stakes of that contest were especially high: The elevation of Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a rabid defender of the death penalty, dramatically increases the odds they will soon be executed. Earlier this year, …
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Louisiana lawmakers advanced a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors in the state, the New York Times reported. The legislation wouldban hormone treatments and puberty blockers for young people, as well as gender-affirming surgeries. Backed by three Democratic senators, the legislation was approved with a wide-enough margin to …
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T his story is part of thePulitzerCenter’s nationwideConnected Coastlinesreporting initiative. ROSINA PHILIPPE EXPERTLY steers a small metal boat through the brackish bayou. It’s a chilly February afternoon in Louisiana, and Philippe, an elder of the Atakapa-Ishak/Chawasha Tribe, is bundled up in a camouflage hoodie. She’s lived here in the Grand …
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Louisiana’s three remaining abortion clinics will be able to continue to provide services under a temporary restraining order blocking the implementation of the state’s pre-existing “trigger” laws. Civil District Court Judge Robin Giarrusso on Monday granted a temporary restraining order against the implementation of statewide bans on abortion procedures. Louisiana …
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YoungBoy Never Broke Again is fighting to convince a federal judge in Louisiana that local police used an improper search warrant as a “blank check” to violate his Constitutional rights in one of his two pending felony firearms cases. In a new court filing this week, the Baton Rouge-bred rap …
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