Louisiana said goodbye to a legendary figure as former four-term Governor Edwin Edwards was laid to rest in Baton Rouge yesterday. Jeff Palermo has more…
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The man who shot and killed a Doyline Police Officer on July 9th passed away from his injuries from a shootout when police responded to a disturbance. 59-year old Mahlon Taylor of Doyline died Saturday evening at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport. William Earl Collins Jr, the Doyline police officer who was killed ten days ago, was buried on Saturday.
A historic veto session begins tomorrow. The legislature could override as many as 28 Republican-sponsored bills that Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed. House Republican Caucus Chairman Blake Miguez says the highly conservative legislature should be able to counter when Edwards pushes a liberal agenda.
Governor Edwards says he stands by his vetoes. To override an individual veto, it will take a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers.
Health officials say the latest surge in COVID cases has undone over four months of progress the state made in the fight against coronavirus. LSU Health New Orleans Professor of Clinical Medicine Dr. Catherine O’Neal says because the virus has mutated so extensively, anyone who was infected by last year’s version does not have immunity to the new Delta variant.