The heavily amended bill passed largely along party lines, with four Republicans joining Democrats to oppose it.
Louisiana Considered
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Community groups in St. John the Baptist Parish partnered with an eco-friendly business to encourage students to pursue environmentally sustainable careers.
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A youth sentencing study shows Alabama and Mississippi are among just four states that top the nation in new juvenile life without parole sentences since 2012.
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New Rice's whale sitings, a rare whale unique to the Gulf of Mexico, has prompted new worries about the dangers it faces from heavy ship traffic near Louisiana and Texas.
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Gov. Jeff Landry made his appeal directly at two town halls, urging parents to push their local senators to pass a bill that creates universal “education savings accounts.”
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A bill that prohibits classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity heads next to the Senate floor.
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The court has never sought to prosecute a major U.S. ally or the leader of a democratic country.
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We asked our book critics what titles they are most looking forward to this summer. Their picks range from memoirs to sci-fi and fantasy to translations, love stories and everything in between.
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Prosecutors in Donald Trump's criminal trial rested their case, and the former president's lawyers began calling witnesses. At one point the judge cleared the courtroom when a witness became unruly.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep revisits interviews with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, who was killed, along with the country's president and others, in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to former ICC President Chile Eboe-Osuji about the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor seeking warrants for Israeli leaders — as well as Hamas.