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Louisiana Politics · Baton RougeBATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — On This Week in Louisiana Politics, learn how the Louisiana government is looking to keep information from the public by adding a large swath of exemptions for the open records law.
After a couple of months of nitrogen hypoxia being added as a method of execution, lawmakers are considering removing the method. Also, one lawmaker wants to do away with the required break times for child workers.
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This Week in Louisiana Politics: Lawmakers consider child workers, public records and guns
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US Supreme Court · LouisianaThe Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will not hear Mckesson v. Doe. The decision not to hear Mckesson leaves in place a lower court decision that effectively eliminated the right to organize a mass protest in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
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The Supreme Court effectively abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states
67% Left coverage: 3 sources
Pope Francis · Vatican CityPope Francis urged Iran and Israel on Sunday to avoid steps that could feed "a spiral of violence" that risked plunging the Middle East deeper into conflict. Speaking to pilgrims in St Peter's Square, Francis said he had been following news of Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel with a sense of concern and pain. "I make a heartfelt appeal for a halt to any action that could fuel a spiral of violence with the risk of dragging the Middle East into an even greater conflict," he said.See the Story
Pope Francis Urges End to 'Spiral of Violence' in Middle East
45% Center coverage: 20 sources
Migrant Workers · LouisianaLouisiana's Republican-controlled Senate advanced a bill Monday that would empower state and local law enforcement to arrest and jail people in the state who entered the U.S. illegally, similar to embattled legislation in Texas.See the Story
Louisiana proposes bill similar to Texas’ migrant arrest law
48% Center coverage: 23 sources
Louisiana Politics · LouisianaBATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — On This Week in Louisiana Politics, Gov. Jeff Landry lashes out at the LSU women's basketball team for not being on the court during the national anthem. Landry says players should be stripped of their scholarships if they are not present during the song.
Also, the legislature considered requiring public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments despite the Supreme Court ruling against it in the past.
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This Week in Louisiana Politics: The Ten Commandments, LSU and the national anthem
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
High School Students · LouisianaAva Kreutziger was in high school English class last year when she heard about the passage of legislation that could affect LGBTQ+ students like her. She excused herself from class to go cry in the bathroom, and found two of her classmates already there in tears. Those bills were vetoed, but similar proposals — now with a better shot of passing under a new Republican governor — would regulate students’ pronouns, the bathrooms they can use and discussions of gender and sexuality in the classroom, which opponents call “Don’t Say Gay” bills.See the Story
First they tried protests of anti-gay bills. Then students put on a play at Louisiana’s Capitol
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