Louisiana Becomes First US State to Cut Ties With Key World Bodies, Including WHO and UN

Louisiana has become the first state in the nation to sever ties with the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations (U.N.) and the World Economic Forum (WEF). On May 29, Louisiana’s Gov. Jeff Landry signed a law that blocks the three organizations from having any “jurisdiction or power in the state.” The legislation also bans any towns in Louisiana from enforcing any “rule, regulation, fee, tax, policy, or mandate of any kind” from WHO, the U.N., and WEF. The bill (HB133) was passed unanimously by the state senate in late March and by a vote of 69–22 by the House on May 15 in the Republican-led trifecta state....