LSU Manship School News Service

April 27, 2025

Lawmakers clamp down on child abuse at early learning centers

The Louisiana Senate Health and Welfare Committee advanced legislation this week aimed at closing gaps in child abuse investigations at early learning centers. The bill moved forward following a heartbreaking testimony from a family whose three-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted by a classmate at an unlicensed private school. 
April 30, 2025

Nutrition bill targeting school meals, SNAP, and food additives advances in Senate panel

The bill is part of the larger “Make America Healthy Again,” or MAHA, movement, a national model launched by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. McMath said Louisiana must “prioritize health” in every policy decision.