Legislators have until Monday to submit a court-ordered congressional map that has two Black-majority districts instead of one that was passed by the Republican majority legislation in February. On Thursday House Speaker Clay Schexnayder asked Federal Judge Shelly Dick for a deadline extension…:

CUT 12(09)      “…with what we have.”

House Governmental Affairs is meeting now to consider four maps that have been filed and Senate Governmental Affairs meets this afternoon to continue discussions on a bill that was debated for hours yesterday with no resolution.

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre says a contractor wanted for video voyeurism has turned himself in. 37-year-old Chase Cheramie reportedly was working in a woman’s home, and secretly installed a camera in her bathroom ceiling vent. On the camera’s memory card, deputies found images on Cheramie putting the device in place and compromising images of the residents. His bond is set at $75-thousand.

State offices are closed today for the first official observance of Juneteenth. David Grubb has more on the meaning of the day…:

CUT 03(34)      “…David Grubb.”

A body found dumped in a remote Florida waterway was announced to be that of a man killed in Lacombe earlier this week. St. Tammany deputies say the victim was beaten to death, his body taken out of state and dumped. Three suspects have already been arrested.