Rep. Vincent Pierre's bill to 'ban the box' on higher education admission forms was pulled before the House Education Committee could vote on it Wednesday after questions were raised about the impact of the bill on institutions training healthcare professionals ...
Sen. Fred Mills managed to achieve a compromise between health plans and pharmaceutical companies that will give a tool to providers to help patients make more informed choices about medicines prescribed ...
Perennial attempts to ban the use of speed cameras have failed in the Louisiana Legislature — this year being no exception. On Wednesday, the Senate approved a bill by Sen. Troy Carter of New Orleans that would require jurisdictions using the devices ...
The House Education Committee Wednesday rejected 9-3 a proposal that would allow parents of children in public charter school to know what educational experiments in their schools are working and which aren’t ...
The Louisiana House of Representatives Tuesday narrowly killed a controversial bill that would have imposed penalties on so-called sanctuary cities, primarily New Orleans ...
"Failing schools require more attention and more work days for their principals or school personnel ..." ...
Seven bills from the Justice Reinvestment Task Force will be considered on Wednesday with most of the activity concentrated in House committees. The Senate is expected to debate a bill that would abolish the use of the death penalty in Louisiana ...
Baton Rouge Rep. Barry Ivey views the state law requiring gun owners to have a permit to carry a concealed weapon an infringement on their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. His HB68 would have eliminated the need to get a concealed carry permit for any ...
A set of bills moving through the state Legislature’s ongoing regular session would create new layers of disclosure in regard to prescription drug pricing in Louisiana ...
A bill that would amend Louisiana’s marriage law to allow foreign-born applicants to obtain a marriage license without producing a birth certificate has cleared its first legislative hurdle ...
Dollar figures continue to rise on five miles of new interstate, while the state is gasping for money to fix its crumbling highway system. ...
The New Iberia man killed overnight Saturday during a shootout on Jefferson Street pulled a gun and shot two others before one of the men returned fire and killed him, according to the latest account from Lafayette Police ...
A retired police chief representing the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police said the cameras do in fact slow traffic and lessen speed-related accidents by 80 percent ...
"Failing schools require more attention and more work days for their principals or school personnel ..." ...
