 By KELLY P. KISSEL | Metro editor Does Louisiana need real-time monitoring of air quality around chemical plants? At least one lawmaker says yes, and points to a recent chlorine leak. The industry questions the cost, and whether readings would always be accurate.
How long does it take to look through 700,000 pieces of evidence in a criminal trial? Long enough to force a delay. The trial for a former Livingston Parish sheriff's deputy on dozens of child sex crimes has been pushed back into 2023 because his lawyer is still examining hundreds of thousands of digitized files. The trial had been set for October.
Abortion denied for woman whose unborn child has no skull. Doctors say the child has no chance of long-term survival because of its acrania, but Woman's Hospital has opted against citing an exemption to the state's ban on abortions. | 
