 BY DOUG GRAHAM | Staff writer Louisiana consistently ranks near the bottom in national health metrics, including obesity, diabetes and child well-being. Toward that end, a measure passed the state Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday that would enact several nutrition-related reforms, including ultimately restricting the purchase of sugary drinks with SNAP benefits. The proposed law is part of the Make America Healthy Again movement, a national effort to reshape food policy led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In Louisiana, the endeavor has the vocal support of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry and Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham. Read more about the changes proposed in Senate Bill 14.
Almost everyone agrees that developments for solar power in Louisiana need regulations. But when it comes to how to go about setting those rules, it has been hard to find common ground. A group of state lawmakers spent the past year studying the issue with the goal of creating state regulations that could serve as a “model for the rest of the country.” The result: House Bill 615. Read about what the measure recommends.
Zachary High School agriculture students have worked with chickens and goats, raised vegetables and flowers and tended fruit trees. But bees? “The students were a little scared,” said Melissa Brumbaugh, who with her husband, Bubba Brumbaugh, teaches the ag classes. “Now they say, 'Can we please go to the bees?'” Read about how the study of bees took flight. | 
