Louisiana’s Attorney General is asking a judge to declare Governor John Bel Edwards executive order that attempts to protect LGBT individuals from workplace discrimination to be unconstitutional. Landry argues the state legislature has rejected several proposed laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity…
cut 8 (07) “…objecting to”
Edwards says Landry is putting his own political interests ahead of the needs of our state.

State Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson says, after meeting with residents in each region of the state, there seems to be growing support for increasing the state’s gasoline tax. He says the public realizes a bigger financial investment is needed on our roads and bridges…:
Cut 3 (09) “and improving infrastructure”
Wilson says there is a $13 billion dollar plus backlog in transportation projects.

A new Gallup poll finds that 60-percent of Americans support the legalization of recreational marijuana. David Brown is the director of Sensible Marijuana Policy for Louisiana and says it will be a long time before recreational pot use is legal in this state. But he says Louisiana lawmakers are approaching the matter with more of an open mind and the passage of medical marijuana legislation is a good example…
cut 6 (10) “…patients themselves”

Louisiana is looking at several days of beautiful fall weather. Freddie Ziegler, with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says the temps are about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than they were the day before…:
cut 14 (11) “upper 50s”
He no rain is in the forecast for the weekend and much of next week.