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"Our public schools are not Sunday schools."

By: box
19 June 2024 at 16:58
Louisiana requires Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom (NYT gift, Axios). The ACLU announced it will challenge the law. Gov. Jeff Landry told a Republican audience "I'm going home to sign a bill that places the Ten Commandments in public classrooms. And I can't wait to be sued."

Louisiana Lawmakers Vote to Make Abortion Pills Controlled Substances

The legislation would make possession of the drugs without a prescription a crime in Louisiana, punishable with jail time.

ยฉ Jackie Molloy for The New York Times

The Food and Drug Administration does not consider the two medications to have potential for abuse or dependence, and years of research have shown both pills to be overwhelmingly safe.

Fate of Retired Research Chimps Still in Limbo

23 May 2024 at 05:03
The National Institutes of Health, which owns the chimps at the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico, has no plans to move the animals to sanctuary, despite a ruling from a federal judge.

ยฉ Emil Lippe for The New York Times

Carlee, a chimpanzee living in Chimp Haven, a 200-acre sanctuary in Louisiana that serves as the designated retirement home for federally owned chimps.

Abortion Pills May Become Controlled Substances in Louisiana

A bill that is expected to pass would impose prison time and thousands of dollars in fines on people possessing the pills without a prescription.

ยฉ Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Mifepristone, one of the two abortion medications that Louisiana lawmakers want to reclassify as harmful controlled substances.
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