Lawmakers are heading back to Baton Rouge next week for the first veto session since the new constitution was adopted in the early 70s. 28 bills were vetoed by Governor Edwards but political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says energy for the session is really being generated by one bill, legislation that would bar transgender athletes from girls and women’s sports teams. Pinsonat says that bill will start in the Upper Chamber…
The veto session will begin Tuesday.
Recently departed Governor Edwin Edwards will lie in state at the Capitol Saturday before having a private funeral service Sunday. Edwards biographer Leo Honeycutt says he hopes Louisianans will use this time to reflect on everything Edwards accomplished…
Governor John Bel Edwards says half of all Louisiana adults have received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is good, but not good enough. Erik Piccoli has the story…
A 30-year New Orleans Police veteran and a 17-year-old Hammond High student were the first two winners in the state’s vaccine incentive lottery program. 82-year-old New Orleanian Clement Dasalla won a $100,000 and Skyla Degrasse scored $100,000 in scholarship money that will be paid into a START account.