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Surgical castration, ‘Don’t Say Gay’ and absentee regulations. New laws go into effect in Louisiana
With a Republican now in office, LGBTQ advocates no longer have an ally in the Governor’s office.
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Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
‘Politicians have absolutely no business forcing their religious beliefs on my kids or any kids, or attempting to indoctrinate them with what they think is the right version of a particular piece of religious text.’
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Ten Commandments law is Louisiana Governor’s latest effort to move the state farther to the right
Democrats are appalled at the message Gov. Jeff Landry is sending but some conservatives in Louisiana see the moves as a bold and powerful step as he raises his national profile.
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New law requires all Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
‘Even among those who may believe in some version of the Ten Commandments, the particular text that they adhere to can differ by religious denomination or tradition. The government should not be taking sides in this theological debate.’
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Louisiana’s GOP-dominated Legislature concludes three-month-long regular Session
Lawmakers approved a $48 billion budget that includes a $2,000 stipend for teachers and funding for criminal justice needs.
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‘Where’s Ronald Greene’s justice?’: 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist’s deadly arrest
Under federal law, no statute of limitations applies to potential civil rights charges in the case because Greene’s arrest was fatal.
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Louisiana won’t immediately get a new majority-Black House district after judges reject it
The National Democratic Redistricting Committee said backers of the new map will likely seek an emergency order from the Supreme Court to keep the new map in place while appeals are pursued.
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Kansas has new abortion laws while Louisiana may block exceptions to its ban
Louisiana’s only exceptions to its abortion ban are when there is substantial risk of death or impairment to the patient in continuing a pregnancy and when the fetus has a fatal abnormality that makes a pregnancy ‘medically futile.’
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Transgender Louisianans lost their ally in the Governor’s seat. Now they’re girding for a fight
‘We’re not going to look to the apocalypse, we’re going to look to the revolution.’
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New Black congressional district in Louisiana bows to politics, not race, backers say
‘We all know that one of the main reasons it was drawn the way it was, was because Gov. Jeff Landry wants to get rid of Congressman (Garret) Graves.’