 BY DEANNA B. NARVESON | Staff writer In Louisiana's hospitals: Two drugs used in pregnancy care are now under lock and key, with special requirements for their prescription, possession and storage in Louisiana after a new law took effect Tuesday. The drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol, are used for abortions, but are also routinely used to manage miscarriages, induce labor, insert IUDs and stop hemorrhaging in pregnant and postpartum women. Louisiana’s largest hospitals said they are prepared to adapt to the law. But already, doctors have said, the law is impacting care with physicians concerned about how and when they can prescribe the medications. Read the full story here.
New learning digs: Construction on a new, $152 million library at LSU is expected to start in 2026, university officials say — and it won't be in the same place as the old one. The new Library Learning Commons will be built between South Campus Drive and South Stadium Drive near Field House Drive, said Paul Favaloro, LSU's interim executive director of planning, design and construction. It's part of a strategic push to create another quadrangle adjacent to Patrick F. Taylor Hall as LSU's campus changes. Read the full story.
Rulings in question: While at the center of a disciplinary investigation earlier this year, 19th Judicial District Court Judge Tiffany Foxworth-Roberts hired an attorney to defend her against a slate of alleged ethics violations that she embellished her military record while campaigning for office. Read the full story. | 
