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Effort to overhaul Louisiana river pilot regulation runs aground in legislature msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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In ArkLaTex politics for May 13, Rep. Thomas Pressly talks about keep Louisiana s waterways safe and Rep. Tammy Phelps discusses the controversy in the House Education Committee. Gov. John Bel ....
GOP lawmakers won t strike La. involuntary servitude clause MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A bid to abolish involuntary servitude as criminal punishment in Louisiana failed in its first legislative hearing Tuesday, with Republican lawmakers rejecting the proposal despite arguments the constitutional language allows a form of slavery in prisons. The House civil law committee voted to stall the proposed constitutional change by Rep. Edmond Jordan and keep it from reaching the full House for debate. Nine Republicans voted against the measure, while five Democrats supported it. Jordan, a Baton Rouge Democrat, said the language in Louisiana s constitution stems from the state s history of slavery, segregation and convict leasing. He described his proposal as “righting a wrong and correcting history.” ....
BATON ROUGE The petrochemical industry has long battled with the river pilots who help steer ships up and down the Mississippi River, mostly over the large fees the pilots charge industrial firms for their services. Most of the skirmishing has played out in obscure regulatory meetings, with occasional faceoffs in court. Now, for the first time in years, the battle will move to the Louisiana Legislature. House Bill 650 pushed by the chemical and energy industries and sponsored by Rep. Thomas Pressly, R- Shreveport, would make sweeping changes to the regulatory boards and rules for pilots. It would add industry members to their oversight panel and require the notoriously nepotistic groups to make an annual report of pilots, including a list of how many are related to other pilots or public officials. The bill was scheduled for a committee hearing Monday. ....