This Week in Louisiana Politics: right to contraception

Shannon Heckt

March 30, 2024 at 12:31 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — On This Week in Louisiana Politics, hear the latest debates in the regular legislative session. This week, lawmakers discussed whether people have a right to use contraception. A bill was halted by a powerful lobbying group.

Also, Gov. Jeff Landry is calling for the impeachment of a judge for the handling of the New Orleans Police Department

Later, a historic win in a Caddo Parish election was thanks to many young voters.

That and more on Your Local Election Headquarters.

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