Louisiana lawmakers advanced a bill to add mifepristone and misoprostol to the list of controlled substances in the state.
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Leaders of the City Park Conservancy plan to put a road through the beloved youth farm. The community has other ideas for how the park should be redeveloped.
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The American Lung Association's "State of the Air" report shows some metro areas in the Gulf States continue to have poor air quality.
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Lawmakers approved a state budget that cuts funding for early childhood education and lowers stipends for public school teachers to $1,300.
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Lawmakers passed a bill that would prohibit drivers from holding cell phones. Plus, a bill meant to protect in vitro fertilization cleared its first hurdle.
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Only 10 states have not joined the federal program that expands Medicaid to people who are still in the "coverage gap" for health care
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A federal court has blocked Louisiana's new congressional map in a case that could determine the balance of power in the next Congress and set up another Supreme Court test of the Voting Rights Act.
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All first responders charged in the fatal botched arrest of Elijah McClain have been sentenced, but questions remain about whether it's changed how Black people are treated by police and paramedics.
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The UN's highest court has declined to order Germany to end its military aid to Israel, finding there was as yet not enough evidence for the court to compel Germany to chance its policies.
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The Justice Department is expected to send a recommendation to the White House Office of Management and Budget that marijuana be rescheduled as a less-dangerous drug.
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A controversial draft bill in the small former Soviet republic of Georgia's parliament targets the country's civil society. Critics say the bill shows Kremlin influence.