Brew U: Shreveport lawmaker seeks to bar colleges from branding with beer companies

By Sarah Gamard

A contentious proposal in the Louisiana House of Representatives by a Shreveport lawmaker would prohibit a state institution of higher learning from allowing its name or symbol to be affixed to an alcoholic beverage.

This has ramification for both the microbreweries and the schools. The controversy even caught the attention of Gov. John Bel Edwards, who weighed into the brew-ha-ha Thursday.

Read the story in bestofneworleans.com/Gambit