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Bill would allow industrial users to keep their employees on water regulation boards
The Louisiana Capitol Building, April 8, 2021. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator).
The Louisiana Legislature is close to approving a bill that would allow employees of industrial companies to sit on the groundwater district commissions that oversee the drinking water those companies use for commercial operations. The legislation would also retroactively void ethics violations five Baton Rouge-area groundwater district commissioners face over conflicts of interest.
The Senate has already approved Senate Bill 203, and it got out of the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs without a single objection Wednesday. The House will next take up the proposal that has faced little opposition from lawmakers so far.
Lawmakers to vote on bill that would issue new recreational districts for BREC wbrz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wbrz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lipsey launches pro-BREC billboard campaign to fight Whiteâs bill
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BREC supporters are fighting back against Republican Sen. Bodie Whiteâs efforts to break up the parish parks system with a billboard campaign that begins airing today. Prominent businessman Richard Lipseyâs 501C4 organization, Put Louisiana First, is sponsoring the billboards, which will state simply in large, block letters, âDonâtâ break up BREC. Call your state representative. Oppose SB205.â
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A bill that would require Louisiana parents to send their children to kindergarten or provide a homeschool equivalent gained momentum Monday after a second Senate committee moved it forward.
Democratic Baton Rouge Sen. Cleo Fields Senate Bill 10 would make kindergarten mandatory for children who turn 5 before Sept. 30. Public schools are already required to offer kindergarten.
It advanced without objection, but not before a debate in which former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Woody Jenkins testified he believes data supports his position that kindergarten has no educational benefit and could create behavioral problems.
Fields bill was first moved favorably from the Senate Education Committee but required a hearing in the Senate Finance Committee Monday because it would increase costs for the state.