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 He argues the current document is “bloated and outdated.”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.
Arts & Culture
NPR News
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jennifer Klein, director of the White House Gender Policy Council, on the new $12 billion initiative on women's health research, signed by President Biden on Monday.
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The Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y., has announced the 12 finalists for this year. After a public vote, four will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in May.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ellie Borst, who covers chemicals for Politico's E&E News, about the EPA joining more than 50 other countries that have already outlawed chrysotile asbestos.
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The Georgia parole board will hear an appeal from a death row inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection on Wednesday. Advocates say he is intellectually challenged and should not be executed.
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As packaging waste piles up by the tons, some Minnesota lawmakers press to make companies ensure their materials are recyclable.