We’ll find out later this week if there will be an override veto session that would begin on July 18th. Among the most high-profile bills that Governor Edwards has vetoed is the ban on transgender medical procedures on children. State Representative Gabe Firment from Grant Parish says there’s public support for his legislation.
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A simple majority vote by either the House or Senate cancels the override veto session, but Jeremy Alford of La-Politics-dot-com says Republican lawmakers seeking re-election are facing pressure to hold the veto session…
cut 13 (09) “….suffer the consequences”
Edwards vetoed over two dozen bills from the recently completed session.

Paul Skenes is the first LSU player to be selected number one in the Major League Baseball draft since Ben McDonald in 1989. The Pittsburgh Pirates used their top overall pick on Skenes, who features a 100-mile per hour fastball and a wipe out slider…
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LSU’s Dylan Crews was the second overall pick, going to the Washington Nationals.

A $21 million broadband expansion project to bring high-speed, affordable, and reliable internet to thousands of households in Avoyelles Parish is underway. ConnectLA Executive Director Veneeth Iyengar says Louisiana is leading the country in how quickly they are bring broadband to every corner of the state…
Cut 14 (13) “…get it.”
The project is expected to completed next summer.