House passes bill to protect confederate monuments

BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana House of Representatives has passed a bill that aims to protect the state's confederate monuments.The house voted on Bill No. 71 Monday afternoon. The bill, which "provides for the conservation of public military memorials," was passed with a 65-31 vote.Shreveport Representative Thomas Carmody proposed the bill to prohibit the removal of any military monument from any war without approval from a majority of voters.After the bill was passed, members of the Lou