Governor John Bel Edwards is continuing his pledge to end the regular legislative session early to take up fiscal matters that are pressing. Testifying in a rare Sunday meeting of the senate finance committee Edwards again urged early dismissal.
Cut 3 (:12) “that’s responsible”
Edwards says the passing of a budget that is responsible will put the state in a good posture for a while.
Republican leader Lance Harris say they have put in over-time to hear all the bills presented this session just in case of early dismissal.
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An LSU survey finds 70-percent of state residents believe women face a lot or some discrimination in society and that’s a seven-percent increase from a year ago. LSU Public Policy Research Lab director, Doctor Michael Henderson, says the survey also showed that nearly three-fourths of the respondents say elected officials accused of sexual harassment or assault by multiple people should resign
The full Senate could hear arguments today on a bill that would strip local jurisdictions of the ability to mandate real estate developers set aside a certain portion of their housing as lower rentBut Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center Policy Director Maxwell Ciardullo says it’s a gross overreach of state governmental power.