Louisiana is the latest state to require persons under 18 years old to have their parents’ permission to create an online account. Over the past year, legislators across the country have been increasingly concerned about the effects of social media on the mental health of children, encouraging a wave of proposed online safety laws for…
Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring Parental Permission for Social Media Accounts
June 9, 2023
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Louisiana Senate Passes Revived Bill Banning ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Trans Minors
Lawmakers in the Louisiana state Senate passed a bill on Monday to ban hormone therapies, puberty blockers, and sex change surgeries for minors. House Bill 648, known as the “Stop Harming Our Kids Act,” was revived after having been killed by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee last month. It will now return to the House…
10 States File Lawsuit Against Federal Government for Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
June 2, 2023
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The federal government is being sued by a coalition of states seeking to block a change in the calculation of flood insurance rates, which they say will make such insurance expensive for citizens. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) insists that its new insurance premium system, “Risk Rating 2.0,” is an improvement over past methods…
State Legislature in Louisiana Considering 4th Constitutional Carry Bill Since 2020
May 24, 2023
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The Louisiana House of Representatives voted 70 to 29 to send a so-called “Constitutional Carry” bill to the Senate on May 23. Louisiana Shooting Association (LSA) president Dan Zelenska is taking a wait-and-see attitude on the bill’s future. “Time is its biggest enemy,” Zelenska told The Epoch Times. HB 131, sponsored by Republican State Rep….
Employee Found in Freezer of Louisiana Fast Food Outlet; Police Calling It ‘Suspicious’
May 13, 2023
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NEW IBERIA, La.—Police in Louisiana are investigating the death of a fast-food restaurant employee whose body was found in the restaurant’s freezer. Police in New Iberia told local news outlets the body was found around 6:30 p.m. Thursday at an Arby’s restaurant. A police sergeant said the death was considered “suspicious.” But authorities provided no…
Louisiana’s Biggest Hospital System Lays Off 770 People
May 12, 2023
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Louisiana’s largest hospital system and one of its largest private employers, Ochsner Health, plans on laying off 770 employees. The job cuts will affect 42 hospitals and more than 200 urgent care and health centers in Louisiana and Mississippi. Ochsner CEO Pete November wrote in a May 11 email to employees (pdf) that the cutbacks would not affect doctors, nurses,…
Officers Plead Not Guilty in Ronald Greene’s Arrest
April 12, 2023
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FARMERVILLE, La.—Five Louisiana law enforcement officers pleaded not guilty Tuesday to state crimes in the 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene. The arraignment came nearly five months after a grand jury handed up a list of charges ranging from negligent homicide to obstruction and malfeasance, the first indictments related to Greene’s death on a roadside in…
2nd Democrat Flips to Republican in Louisiana
Louisiana state Rep. Jeremy LaCombe is leaving the Democratic Party and will be registering as a Republican, according to reports, making him the second Democrat to do so in recent months. LaCombe, an attorney and small business owner, has represented District 18—which spans parts of Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes—since 2019, according to the official website of the…
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Death Sentence Appeal Where Prosecution Allegedly Withheld Evidence
April 3, 2023
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The Supreme Court refused—over the dissent of three liberal justices—on April 3 to take up an appeal by a death row prisoner in Louisiana who was seeking a new sentencing hearing. The inmate, David Brown, argued the prosecution improperly withheld a confession from a co-defendant that could have affected the sentence Brown was given. The…
Biden’s EPA Is Lowering the ‘Environmental Justice’ Boom on Louisiana’s Disputed ‘Cancer Alley’
March 28, 2023
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LAPLACE, La.—Along Interstate 10 where the Mississippi River threads from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, ever-expanding petrochemical and other industrial projects have long been fought by environmental activists, who have saddled the stretch with the disputed moniker “Cancer Alley.” Now the Biden administration is opening a new front in the war—against a proposed expansion of…
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