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State Sen. Heather Cloud

State Sen. Heather Cloud

Bill to limit minors’ access to sexually explicit materials passes

Jenna Bridges / LSU Manship School News Service
Friday, June 9, 2023
A bill that would limit minors’ access to sexually explicit materials in public libraries received final legislative passage Thursday. While lawmakers are rushing to pass their bills before the session ends at 6 p.m. Thursday, the final version of Republican Sen.
Some Louisiana schools will receive posters with the motto “In God We Trust” written in Arabic to be placed in classrooms to comply with a new bill the Louisiana Legislature passed on Tuesday. (Image courtesy of Chaz Stevens)

Some Louisiana schools will receive posters with the motto “In God We Trust” written in Arabic to be placed in classrooms to comply with a new bill the Louisiana Legislature passed on Tuesday. (Image courtesy of Chaz Stevens)

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Arabic ‘In God We Trust’ signs will test limits of Louisiana’s law

Wesley Muller / Louisiana Illuminator
Friday, June 9, 2023
Some schools across Louisiana will soon receive free “In God We Trust” signs to hang in their classrooms, though the designs might not be what some state lawmakers had in mind when they passed the new mandate Tuesday. House Bill 8, co-sponsored by Republican Reps.

Louisiana’s $50B coastal plan approved by Legislature

Claire Sullivan / LSU Manship School News Service
Friday, June 9, 2023
The Louisiana Legislature has unanimously approved a $50 billion plan to protect and restore the state’s diminishing coast over the next 50 years. “We’re not just throwing money at the problem,” Gov.

Teacher pay raise turns into $2K stipend

Allison Allsop / LSU Manship School News Service
Friday, June 9, 2023
Under a compromise approved in the chaotic closing minutes of the spring session Thursday, state lawmakers limited a $2,000 pay increase for teachers to a one-year stipend and cut $100 million from what the Senate had sought for the Louisiana Department of Health.
Senate President Page Cortez proposed lifting the state spending cap, and the House agreed on Wednesday. (Photo by Francis Dinh/LSU Manship School News Service)

Senate President Page Cortez proposed lifting the state spending cap, and the House agreed on Wednesday. (Photo by Francis Dinh/LSU Manship School News Service)

House raises state spending limit

Allison Allsop / LSU Manship School News Service
Thursday, June 8, 2023
The House voted 85-19 Wednesday to raise the Legislature’s limit on spending to make use of much of the large pile of extra cash flowing into state coffers. Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 would raise the expenditure limit for this fiscal year and next.

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Permitless concealed carry dies

Jenna Bridges / LSU Manship School News Service
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
A bill to allow permitless concealed carry of firearms was withdrawn by a Republican lawmaker Tuesday, meaning that his efforts to push it are over this year. House Bill 131, authored by Rep.
Irregular, water-soaked greasy, brown leaf spots on upper (right) and lower (left) leaf surfaces on bell pepper caused by bacterium Xanthomonas species. (Photo by Raj Singh/LSU AgCenter)

Irregular, water-soaked greasy, brown leaf spots on upper (right) and lower (left) leaf surfaces on bell pepper caused by bacterium Xanthomonas species. (Photo by Raj Singh/LSU AgCenter)

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Diseases on the rise in Louisiana vegetables

Johnny Morgan / jmorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu
Friday, June 2, 2023
Vegetable growers all over Louisiana are facing Southern bacterial wilt and bacterial spot in tomatoes and pepper production. LSU AgCenter plant doctor Raj Singh said Southern bacterial wilt is caused by the soil-borne bacterium, Ralstonia solanacearum.
Blue Daze flowers can sometimes appear purple-blue or lavender. (LSU AgCenter photos)

Blue Daze flowers can sometimes appear purple-blue or lavender. (LSU AgCenter photos)

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Evolvulus named summer 2023 Louisiana Super Plant selection

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, June 2, 2023
If you are looking for something blue to brighten up the landscape this summer, have we got the plant recommendation for you.

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Ice cream in a block or angel food light?

Jim Bradshaw
Friday, June 2, 2023
With the temperature climbing higher every day, it was welcome news in Crowley in the early summer of 1923 that the town’s first ice cream plant would soon be ready for business.

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Could a crisis hotline number be printed on driver’s licenses?

Allison Allsop / LSU Manship School News Service
Friday, June 2, 2023
A House committee passed a bill Tuesday that would require printing the number for a crisis hotline on the back of driver’s licenses. Senate Bill 34, authored by Sen. Louie Bernard, R-Natchitoches, passed its first hurdle in the House without any objection.