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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)

Diseases on the rise in Louisiana vegetables

Harlan Kirgan
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.

Ice cream in a block or angel food light?

Harlan Kirgan
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.

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

Harlan Kirgan
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.

Bill to collect data on school diversity programs rejected

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, June 2, 2023
The House Education Committee rejected a resolution Wednesday that would have asked public schools, including universities, to provide information on programs and activities related to critical race theory, diversity, equity and inclusion, and social-emotional learning.
Representative Kathy Edmonston, R-Gonzales, brought two bills to further exemptions for vaccines for children in schools. (Photo by Allison Allsop LSU Manship School News Service)

Representative Kathy Edmonston, R-Gonzales, brought two bills to further exemptions for vaccines for children in schools. (Photo by Allison Allsop LSU Manship School News Service)

Bill eases vaccine mandates

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, June 2, 2023
The Senate Education Committee unanimously advanced two bills Thursday that would relax vaccine requirements for K-12 students. Rep. Kathy Edmonston, R-Gonzales, wrote both bills. Colleges and universities are no longer included in the bills after amendments by the committee.
BATON ROUGE — Seventy-seven percent of Louisiana residents say a woman should be able to obtain a legal abortion if she became pregnant after being raped, according to an LSU survey released Thursday.

BATON ROUGE — Seventy-seven percent of Louisiana residents say a woman should be able to obtain a legal abortion if she became pregnant after being raped, according to an LSU survey released Thursday.

Survey: 77% of Louisiana residents support legal abortions after rape

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, June 2, 2023
Seventy-seven percent of Louisiana residents say a woman should be able to obtain a legal abortion if she became pregnant after being raped, according to an LSU survey released Thursday. That finding is at odds with Louisiana’s near-total ban on abortions.
Gov. John Bel Edwards came out publicly against the death penalty in April. (Photo by Francis Dinh/LSU Manship School News Service)

Gov. John Bel Edwards came out publicly against the death penalty in April. (Photo by Francis Dinh/LSU Manship School News Service)

House panel rejects abolishing death penalty

(not verified)
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
A House committee on Wednesday rejected a bill, 11-4, to abolish the death penalty. Rep. Kyle M. Green, Jr.
Rep. Randal Gaines, D-LaPlace (Photo credit: Allison Allsop/ LSU Manship School New Service)

Rep. Randal Gaines, D-LaPlace (Photo credit: Allison Allsop/ LSU Manship School New Service)

House kills non-unanimous jury bill

(not verified)
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
The House voted 48-38 to kill a bill Thursday that would have created an avenue of hope for prisoners who were convicted by non-unanimous juries before the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the practice.
Sen. Beth Mizell proposed a bill to hold bars responsible for serving people under 21. (Photo by Allison Allsop/LSU Manship School News Service)

Sen. Beth Mizell proposed a bill to hold bars responsible for serving people under 21. (Photo by Allison Allsop/LSU Manship School News Service)

House panel rejects bar bill

(not verified)
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
The mother of LSU student Madison Brooks, who died in January, pleaded with a House committee Thursday to pass a bill to hold bars responsible for serving people under 21.