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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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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. -
Two bills that target LGBTQ+ youth in Louisiana are once again working their way through the Legislature after they were vetoed last year. -
A bill to create the crime of “coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud” passed from a Senate committee on Tuesday. -
Senate President Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, reiterated a desire to leave Baton Rouge by June 3, meaning lawmakers would have a tight timeline to rewrite the state constitution if they vote for a convention. -
Lawmakers have filed new bills to gut Louisiana's public records law, expand penalties for defamation and remove nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method. -
Public schools in Louisiana could soon be required to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom under a new bill. The proposal passed the House Education Committee on Thursday. -
A bill that would require public schools to provide free menstrual products — if the state appropriates the money — is working its way through the Legislature.
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Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie said he would vote to oust Mike Johnson as House speaker if it came to the floor. He told Johnson in a closed-door meeting that he should resign. -
Rushdie was onstage at a literary event in 2022 when he was attacked by a man in the audience: "Dying in the company of strangers — that was what was going through my mind." His new book is Knife. -
The Library of Congress has added 25 mostly musical selections to the National Recording Registry, something the library does every year.
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A study released in 2022 by political scientists Joshua Kalla and David Broockman looked at that question, by having Fox News viewers switch to CNN for a month. -
China's economy had a stronger first quarter than was expected, but concerns remain over a crisis in the country's vital property sector.
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