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Gender identity bill heads to House floor

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School legislation wins vote it lost last year

Bill to ban gender identity discussion in classroom axed

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After a long and spirited discussion in a Louisiana House of Representatives education committee, a bill that would have banned public school teachers from talking about sexual orientation or gender identity, including their own, in the classroom failed to make it to the House floor and is likely finished.

DART weighs in on legislation

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Representatives of the Domestic Abuse Resistance Team in Ruston were at the state Capitol last week lobbying against a bill that they say would add additional, unnecessary burdens to domestic violence victims seeking a protective order against their abuser.

House, Senate redistricting plans advance

Lincoln Parish will continue to be split between two House districts and three Senate districts under terms of the legislative reapportionment plans most likely to be adopted by state lawmakers.

State House panel nixes second minority district

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A congressional redistricting plan that would have created a new mostly minority district encompassing part of North Louisiana failed to get out of a state House committee Thursday afternoon.

House rejects school vaccine requirement

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A committee of Louisiana legislators voted on Monday to reject a plan from the state health department that would add the COVID-19 vaccine to the list of required immunizations for some grade school students, but Gov. John Bel Edwards plans to veto the decision and move forward with the plan starting next school year.

Campus Violence

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Louisiana’s top higher education leaders plan to ask the Legislature for money to shore up security at university campuses.

Lawmakers: Vote for amendments

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Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder joined several area lawmakers Monday in urging voters to approve the four proposed state constitutional amendments on the Nov. 13 ballot.

Rep. Turner: Veto session wasn’t a failure

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Despite the Louisiana Legislature’s inability to overturn Gov. John Bel Edwards’ vetoes of several high-profile bills, including one that sought to eliminate permits for carrying concealed handguns, lawmakers’ first veto session in modern times was not a failure, state Rep. Chris Turner said.

Ruston project prioritized in new state act

A new transportation bill signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards lists extending Ruston’s East Kentucky Avenue through to I-20 among the priority projects.