State Sen. Jay Morris, left, said he and his staff have received death threats after a contentious committee hearing called to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts. State Sen. Gary Carter apologized for losing his temper during a committee hearing that included the hot-button issue of congressional redistricting. (Photos by Cross Harris / LSU Manship School News Service) BATON ROUGE — Republican state Sen. Jay Morris of West Monroe said Monday he and his staff received death threats...

State Rep. Tony Bacala proposed a bill to exempt clerks of court from law that require them to scrub personal information of public officials and judges from online records. (Photo by Francis Dinh / LSU Manship School News Service) BATON ROUGE — A House committee voted 12-0 to repeal a requirement that clerks of court must remove personal information about many current and former public officials from online records if the individuals requested their removal. The provision involving the...