A Senate panel voted 6-2 to advance a bill that would gut public access to information at every level of government.
Louisiana Considered
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The House Ways and Means Committee tabled a bill to get rid of Louisiana’s personal income tax on Monday. The proposal has stalled in the Legislature in recent years and will likely come up again next session.
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The House and Governmental Affairs Committee is expected to consider a bill to call a constitutional convention, the first public discussion on the proposal.
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Last year’s devastating drought in Louisiana killed off large crops of crawfish, leading to a tough season for farmers, fishers — and seafood lovers.
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Lawmakers on the House Labor and Industrial Relations Committee rejected two bills to create a state minimum wage. And they rejected a proposal to ban discrimination against employees on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.
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Two bills that target LGBTQ+ youth in Louisiana are once again working their way through the Legislature after they were vetoed last year.
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NPR News
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Bitcoin could soon be turbocharged, thanks to an event that happens every four years.I n broad terms, the halving effectively reduces the supply of new bitcoins.
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The president of Columbia University told a congressional panel that the school is doing all it can to confront antisemitism on campus in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
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There are some 960 million eligible voters in India. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Chietigj Bajpaee of Chatham House, a U.K.-based public policy think tank, about the importance of the election.
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Boeing was on the congressional hot seat as senators opened several hearings into a whistleblower's allegations and the aircraft maker's safety and production protocols.
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The two major party presidential candidates are very well known, but millions of dollars are still being spent on ads to try to persuade voters.