The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee spent all night debating a new congressional map; and after nearly ten hours, it passed a map at around 4:30 this morning that has one majority Black district. The committee heard hours of testimony from the public who urged Senators to pass a map with two majority Black districts. New Orleans Senator Royce Duplessis explained why opponents to a 5-1 map waited hours to testify.
Duplessis told West Monroe Republican Jay Morris, who proposed the map that passed, that Blacks would be underrepresented with a five-one map.
Louisiana State Police has agreed to pay the family of Ronald Greene 4.8-million dollars to settle the wrongful death case. The settlement comes almost seven years to the day after a group of white troopers fatally beat Greene, who was Black, during a traffic stop in Union Parish. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt says given the degree of liability for the loss of a human life, this is a very reasonable settlement.
The Saints’ game in Paris will be against the Steelers on Sunday, October 25th. Jeff Duncan, who covers the Saints for The Advocate and NOLA-dot-com, says there will be plenty of opportunities for Saints fans to network with other Saints fans.