Senate stance likely to delay or kill efforts to provide health coverage to about 200,000 people, as the federal government has refused to approve such work requirements for Medicaid expansion.
A former Louisiana deacon says his own son was sexually abused by a priest. After the deacon left the church, he said he just learned he was excommunicated.
The state Senate on Tuesday agreed to redraw the boundaries of the Louisiana Supreme Court, a key step toward creating a second Black-majority seat on the seven-member court.
Four months after Scott Peyton, a Roman Catholic deacon resigned from his position after a priest he served with sexually abused his son, is now excommunicated by his local diocese.