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LSU to fold on its controversial sports-betting deal with Caesar’s
LSU is ending its controversial, seven-figure agreement allowing Caesars Entertainment to advertise sports betting across the campus, according to university officials and a sports marketing company involved in the deal. The agreement, struck in 2021, was supposed to last several more years, said Lauren Capone of Playfly Sports, a marketing company that helped arrange the […]
People incarcerated by non-unanimous juries won’t get life line
The House voted 48-38 to kill a bill Thursday that would have created an avenue of hope for prisoners who were convicted by non-unanimous juries before the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the practice. House Bill 588 would have created a special committee for providing parole for up to roughly 1,500 people who had been convicted […]
Foreign adversaries couldn’t buy Louisiana property under proposal
The House passed a bill 78-22 Tuesday that would prohibit certain foreign adversaries or people connected to them from acquiring immovable property in Louisiana. House Bill 537, authored by Rep. Valarie Hodges, R-Denham Springs, caused a stir at a recent committee hearing with many people protesting that it would allow landlords and home sellers to […]
Louisiana lawmakers sink their own pay raises
The House Appropriations Committee voted 16-5 Monday to kill a bill that would have increased the salary for legislators. House Bill 149 had proposed increasing their pay to roughly $39,000 a year from $16,800, not including the daily stipend for lawmakers who live outside the Baton Rouge area. The committee rejected the bill after much […]
Bill advances to provide free, easy access to menstrual products in Louisiana schools
While some schools already provide these products in the nurse’s office or the main office, many do not. A trip to one of those offices can take up class time.