| BY CHAD CALDER | Staff writer |
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Two of the crime bills moving through the legislature at the behest of Gov. Jeff Landry have passed and now await his signature. One will allow people 18 and older to carry concealed firearms without a permit and the other will treat 17-year-olds charged with crimes as adults. Meghan Friedmann and James Finn have the story.
A federal judge has upheld the city's short-term rental law limiting the practice in residential areas, a major win for the City Council, affordable housing advocates and other critics of platforms such as Airbnb and VRBO. Ben Myers has the details.
New Orleans' low-barrier homeless shelter has been overrun by illegal drugs, lacks security and isn't providing the services it should, according to homeless advocates and several people who have stayed there recently. Sophie Kasakove has this report.
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