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The law of most of the states is based on the common law of England; the notable exception is Louisiana, whose civil law is largely based upon French and Spanish law.The passage of time has led to state courts and legislatures expanding, overruling, or modifying the common law; as a result, the laws of any given state invariably differ from the laws of its sister states.
This is a list of state beverages as designated by the various states of the United States.The first known usage of declaring a specific beverage a "state beverage" within the US began in 1965 with Ohio designating tomato juice as its official beverage.
Louisiana: Bald cypress [a] Taxodium distichum: 1963 [26] Maine: Eastern white pine: Pinus strobus: 1945 [27] Maryland: White oak (See also: Wye Oak) Quercus alba: 1941 [28] Massachusetts: American elm: Ulmus americana: 1941 [29] Michigan: Eastern white pine: Pinus strobus: 1955 [30] Minnesota: Red pine (aka Norway pine) Pinus resinosa: 1953 ...
Louisiana: European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera: 1977 [23] Gulf fritillary (state butterfly) Dione vanillae: 2022 [24] Maine: European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera: 1975 [25] Pink-edged Sulphur (state butterfly) Colias interior: 2023 [26] Maryland: Baltimore checkerspot butterfly: Euphydryas phaeton: 1973 [27 ...
Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia have statutes criminalizing various types of bias-motivated violence or intimidation (the exceptions being Arkansas, South Carolina, and Wyoming). Georgia , whose hate crime statute was struck down by the Georgia Supreme Court in 2004, [ 7 ] passed a new hate crime law in June 2020. [ 8 ]
Louisiana launched the Ragin' Cajun Radio Network in August 2011. The Network is a series of radio and television networks that provide access to sporting events throughout the state of Louisiana. Two Lafayette radio stations, KPEL-AM and KHXT-FM , provide play by play radio commentary called by broadcasters Jay Walker, and Steve Peloquin.
The statute, Kentucky Revised Statutes Section 153.600 provides for two duties: (1) "Make a presentation on Kentucky Writers' Day" and (2) "Act as a writing consultant to the State Department of Education and Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives". [101]