Landry is advocating for an overhaul of Louisiana’s constitution. He argues the current document is “bloated and outdated.”
Louisiana Considered
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As City Park develops a new master plan, Grow Dat Farm, a popular farm and youth program, could see a road built through its current site raising questions about its future.
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Among hundreds of bills lawmakers will consider is one that would eliminate the state’s three-year rule, which prevents insurance companies from dropping people who have had policies with them for at least three years.
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New versions of Louisiana's Supreme Court maps with two majority-Black districts advanced on Wednesday. Lawmakers hope a new map will end an ongoing legal fight.
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Some are asking Congress to add more crop insurance and disaster assistance for smaller producers in the upcoming US Farm Bill.
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The regular session in Louisiana is underway with lawmakers holding legislative committee meetings this week.
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NPR News
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The National Institutes of Health is sunsetting its influential COVID-19 treatment guidelines, used by millions of doctors to guide care during the pandemic.
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An estimated quarter-million people in Gaza are starving. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Arif Husain, chief economist at the World Food Programme.
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People in Gaza are suffering from "catastrophic levels of hunger," according to a group of global experts. Doctors say Louisiana's abortion ban has led to big deviations in maternal care.
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Two new government studies found no medical explanation for the cluster of symptoms known as Havana syndrome.
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A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification says everyone in Gaza faces high levels of acute food insecurity, and more than a million struggle with catastrophic levels of hunger.