Jeff Landry

Surgical castration, ‘Don’t Say Gay’ and absentee regulations. New laws go into effect in Louisiana

Surgical castration, ‘Don’t Say Gay’ and absentee regulations. New laws go into effect in Louisiana

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Amanda Smith

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A slew of Louisiana legislation, including a first-of-its-kind law that allows judges to impose the punishment of ...

A popular tour guide’s death leads to more scrutiny of border issues

A popular tour guide’s death leads to more scrutiny of border issues

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Amanda Smith

Kristie Thibodeaux’s gunfire death made headlines first because it happened in the French Quarter — New Orleans’ oldest neighborhood and a place ...

Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

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Amanda Smith

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit Monday to block Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments ...

Louisiana becomes first state to allow surgical castration as punishment for child molesters

Louisiana becomes first state to allow surgical castration as punishment for child molesters

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Amanda Smith

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state where judges can order offenders guilty of certain sex crimes against ...

Ten Commandments law is Louisiana governor’s latest effort to move the state farther to the right

Ten Commandments law is Louisiana governor’s latest effort to move the state farther to the right

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Amanda Smith

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long been reliably red. The Bayou State has voted for the Republican candidate in every ...

Louisiana’s new law requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms churns old political conflicts

Louisiana’s new law requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms churns old political conflicts

Politics
Amanda Smith

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A bill signed into law this week makes Louisiana the only state to require that the Ten Commandments ...

New law requires all Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

New law requires all Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

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Amanda Smith

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public ...

The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law

The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law

Politics
Amanda Smith

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public ...

Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for those guilty of sex crimes against kids

Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for those guilty of sex crimes against kids

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Sarah Wilson

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A person found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Louisiana could soon be ordered ...

Transgender Louisianans lost their ally in the governor’s seat. Now they’re girding for a fight

Transgender Louisianans lost their ally in the governor’s seat. Now they’re girding for a fight

Politics
Amanda Smith

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As transgender people in Louisiana watched surrounding states in the deeply conservative South implement a slew of ...