Louisiana lawmakers have convened the first veto session in the state’s history. Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed 28 bills that passed the state legislature this year. Republican House Speaker Clay Schexnayder is confident they have the two-thirds vote needed to override the governor’s veto of a bill that prohibits transgender individuals from participating in women’s sports….
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But Baton Rouge Democrat Ted James believes the veto session is a waste of taxpayer dollars…
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LaPolitcs.com Publisher Jeremy Alford says legislators have until the end of Saturday to finish their business and all of the public action will take place in the House and Senate chambers…
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Parts of Mandeville received up to ten inches of rain this morning, flooding homes and shutting down streets in parts of St. Tammany Parish’s second-largest city. Matt Doyle has the story.
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