The special legislative session to pass a court-ordered congressional map with two Black majority districts failed to pass and now lawmakers await feedback from the judicial system. Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields says despite his efforts with a map that had two Black districts, in the end, the legislature simply had no desire to pass a new map.
Chair of Senate Governmental Affairs, Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt says the legislature did make a concerted effort, but in the end, she says the votes weren’t there.
Judge Shelly Dick set a court date of June 29th for attorneys to present congressional maps for her consideration while the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has a July 8th court date set. Attorney General Jeff Landry is petitioning the State Supreme Court’s Court to rule on the matter.
The FDA has authorized emergency use of the Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines for children under 5 years of age, a move applauded by one of the top pediatricians in Louisiana. Mark Kline is physician-in-chief and chief medical officer at Children’s Hospital New Orleans. He says this is long overdue…:
Cut 14 (11) “deaths from occurring.”
A quartet of students from Tulane University is in Cocoa Beach, Florida, to compete in NASA’s RASC-AL forum. Tulane’s Team is one of just 15 finalists invited to present its designs at the competition, with an opportunity for its work to be a part of the 2025 mission to the moon. Graduate student Brock Headen says he never imagined they would get this far.
Cut 11 (07) “…shooting for it.”
Tulane’s group will make their presentation tomorrow with two winners to be announced on Thursday.