By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
This week’s episode of “The Light Switch” includes a sit-down interview with U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields on redistricting, and we explore the growing need for power from the surge of data centers planned in Louisiana. Listen here.
Legislation that would have allow state leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties decide if no-party voters cold participate in certain elections stalled in this year's lawmaking session. (Wes Muller/LAI)
By Julie O’Donoghue
A bill that could have further closed Louisiana’s primary elections by excluding voters who aren’t registered Republicans or Democrats failed to pass through the state legislature. But the sponsor of the proposal says she plans to bring an alternative plan next year.
Attorneys general in 14 states are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to classify the abortion medication mifepristone as a water contaminant. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
By Nada Hassanein
In a letter, the state officials argued mifepristone is “a growing threat to the country’s waterways.” Environmental health science experts say there is no evidence that mifepristone in wastewater causes harm to the environment or to humans.
A Glock 19X handgun rests inside a portable gun case at a shooting range. Firearms with a similar design or silhouette can be made through 3D printing. (Amanda Watford/Stateline)
By Amanda Watford
For decades, making an untraceable firearm required specialized tools, technical expertise and hours of work. Today, it can start with a downloaded file and a consumer-grade 3D printer.
By The Lens
Last month, in a scathing rebuke, a federal judge ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release a Louisiana grandfather who’d suffered a heart attack while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. Just 10 days after his release, ICE seized him again and tried to whisk the still-recovering man onto a deportation flight the next morning, according to his lawyer.
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