La. lawmakers split on hair discrimination bill, advance it
The bill, which would be called The Crown Act, would make it illegal for employers to discriminate against people over hairstyles such as braids and twists
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A proposal aimed at ending discrimination against Black people who choose to wear their hair naturally breezed through the Senate with unanimous backing, but ran into a thornier hearing Thursday with Republican House lawmakers.
The House labor committee voted 7-4 to advance the bill to the full House for debate, but supporters may see further resistance from Republicans in the majority-GOP chamber who said they see the proposal as a burdensome regulation that could lead to lawsuits against businesses.
La. lawmakers split on hair discrimination bill, advance it
MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press
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Troy Carter speaks at his watch party after he defeated Karen Carter Peterson to win the 2nd Congressional District seat, Saturday, April 24, 2021 in New Orleans. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)Sophia Germer/AP
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A proposal aimed at ending discrimination against Black people who choose to wear their hair naturally breezed through the Senate with unanimous backing, but ran into a thornier hearing Thursday with Republican House lawmakers.
The House labor committee voted 7-4 to advance the bill to the full House for debate, but supporters may see further resistance from Republicans in the majority-GOP chamber who said they see the proposal as a burdensome regulation that could lead to lawsuits against businesses.
San Antonio public pools open Saturday. Here s what you need to know.
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Families are seen at the San Pedro Springs Park pool in this June 2017 file photo.B. Kay Richter
San Antonians will soon have six public pools they can use to help beat the brutal Texas heat.
The San Antonio Parks and Recreation website says the pools open Saturday but will require pre-registration because capacity is limited due to the ongoing pandemic.
Residents are asked to schedule their desired swim times and locations through Explore SA. The pools are not open everyday and some only on the weekends.
With brain implants, the future s gonna be weird
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Researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio use brain-computer interfaces to study what happens when stutterers speak.Billy Calzada / Staff file photo
Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-implant startup in Austin, has a monkey that can play video games with its mind.
At least, that’s what the company claims in a video featuring a 9-year-old macaque named Pager who has two Neuralinks in his noggin.
Musk compares the implants to “a Fitbit in your skull with tiny wires.” Each coin-sized device has thousands of electrodes on thread-thin wires that reach a few centimeters into the wearer’s motor cortex.