Tort reform legislation aimed at lowering auto rates appears to have majority support in both chambers but may not have the two-thirds majority in the House needed to overturn a veto from Governor Edwards. Despite that Governor Edwards indicated he is open to compromising with Republicans on one of the session’s signature pieces of legislation.
Edwards did not specify what those provisions are.
As is COVID-19 wasn’t enough now NOAA is predicting an above-average hurricane season. NOAA acting administrator, Doctor Neil Jacobs, says we have the potential to see 13 to 19 named storms, six to ten hurricanes, and three to six major hurricanes, and to more accurately track them they’ll be upgrading their systems.
Louisiana has surpassed 25-hundred COVID-19 deaths as the state reported 21 more fatalities today bringing the death toll to 2,506. LSU Infectious Diseases expert Doctor Catherine O’ Neal says we could see an increase in the death rate in the next couple of weeks, because of COVID outbreaks in nursing homes
The number of people hospitalized by COVID-19 dropped again today and it now stands at 884.
House Appropriations OKs the governor’s budget but adds an amendment ensuring the state will not fund any contact tracing programs that legally require COVID-19 positive residents to provide information on where they have been and who they may have infected to contact tracers. Oakdale Representative Dewith Carrier says his rural constituents are concerned about the program.