Louisiana’s abortion ban is prevented from being enforced for a second time after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order late Tuesday. Judge Donald Johnson in Baton Rouge granted the temporary restraining order and set a hearing on July 18 at 8:30 a.m. CT for both sides to argue the case. Kathaleen Pittman, director of…
Judge Blocks Louisiana’s Abortion Ban, Allows Procedure to Resume for Now
Judge Allows Louisiana Abortion Restrictions to Come Into Force
Louisiana may enforce a near-total ban on abortions after a state judge refused to extend an injunction, allowing the state’s so-called abortion trigger law to go into effect on July 8. The ruling came the same day as President Joe Biden signed an executive order designed to protect access to abortion-inducing pills and emergency contraception….
Supreme Court Reinstates Louisiana Election Map Disputed by Democrats
The Supreme Court granted an emergency Republican application to reinstate a disputed election map in Louisiana late in the day on June 28, a move that allows the map to remain in place for the next elections. In the process, the high court also stayed two lower court rulings that found that the redrawn congressional…
Louisiana State Senator Calls for Youth Detention Facility to Close After ‘Escapes Embolden an Uprising’
June 18, 2022
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BRIDGE CITY, La.—A Louisiana state senator is calling for a detention center housing juveniles who have committed violent crimes to be shut down after an “uprising” of 20 inmates in the facility on Thursday night. State Senator Patrick Connick, a Republican, told The Epoch Times that the Bridge City Center for Youth (BCCY) wasn’t designed…
Texas Judge Blocks Federal Policy Letting ‘Criminal Aliens’ ‘Roam Free’
June 11, 2022
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Texas and Louisiana have successfully sued the Biden administration over an immigration policy that saw “criminal aliens” released from custody into the community instead of being deported. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton on Friday ruled in favor of Texas and Louisiana, finding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued rules via “self-styled” memorandum meant…
Appeals Court Suspends Lower Court Ruling on Louisiana Congressional Map
A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily suspended a lower court’s ruling that Louisiana redraw its six-district congressional map to add a new majority-black district. The administrative stay was issued to suspend the injunction order of U.S. Middle District Judge Shelly Dick, an appointee of former President Barrack Obama, who ruled in favor of a voting…
Louisiana Transgender Sports Ban to Become Law
Transgender females will be banned from playing on girls and women’s sports teams at schools and colleges in Louisiana after the governor took no action to veto or sign a bill passed by the GOP-controlled legislature. Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, who is opposed to the bill, said he took no action on Senate…
New Orleans Starbucks Store 1st in Louisiana to Vote Union
NEW ORLEANS—Employees at a Starbucks store in New Orleans voted to form a union, becoming the first of the coffee giant’s locations in Louisiana to unionize. Ballots were cast Friday and Saturday 11–1 in favor of joining Workers United, which represents the unionized Starbucks stores, WWNO-FM reported. Two ballots were challenged, the station said. The…
Louisiana to Appeal After Judge Blocks Congressional Map, Orders New Black District
A federal court judge on Monday struck down Louisiana’s new six-district congressional map and ordered the state redraw it to add a second majority-black district by June 20. Following the decision by U.S. Middle District Judge Shelly Dick, Louisiana’s attorney general, Jeff Landry, swiftly announced the state would file an appeal. “We believe [Dick] erred in…
Louisiana Lawmakers Discuss Arming Teachers
June 6, 2022
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Louisiana lawmakers have brought the state into the national conversation over whether teachers should be armed. Proposed constitutional-carry legislation in Louisiana has been changed with an amendment that would allow for the training and arming of volunteer teachers and staff at elementary or secondary schools. The intent of House Bill 37 was initially to give…
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