State high court: The Louisiana Supreme Court rejected the state attorney general’s request to allow immediate enforcement of state laws against most abortions, in a 4-to-2 ruling late Wednesday. The majority said only that the court declined to get involved “at this preliminary stage.” Louisiana’s new laws included so-called triggers to make them take effect as soon as the U.S. Supreme Court reversed abortion rights. But a state judge in New Orleans blocked enforcement until he could hear a lawsuit claiming the law is unclear about medical exceptions and when the ban takes effect. Read the full story.
Don’t pick up: Americans received over 4.3 billion robocalls in June, marking an 8.5% increase from May, and because May has one more day than June, robocalls were actually up 13.4% on a daily basis. Baton Rouge had the most robocalls per person in June, with an average of 40 calls per person, a 7% increase from the month before, according to a report from call blocking app YouMail.
Nutrition tracking: Pennington Biomedical Research Center announced today it has received a $22,000 grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation to test whether a smartphone app that aids with nutritional tracking and is proven to help adults understand their dietary intake with real-time feedback could help children in the same way. Read more about the project.
