The 2026 Legislative session has ended and a bill that gained headlines early in the session never made it to the governor’s desk and that is the proposal to name a third Baton Rouge area Mississippi River bridge after President Trump. Monroe Representative Michael Echols says the purpose behind his bill was to coax the Trump administration to give the state a hefty portion of the three-billion dollars it would cost to build the additional bridge.
Cut 12 (10) “…this done faster.”
But Senate President Cameron Henry said the upper chamber did not want to take up road or bridge-naming bills.
Governor Landry has allowed a bill to become law without his signature that prohibits ceremonial balloon releases. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser supported the legislation and says balloons can cause a multitude of problems…
Cut 10 (08) “…waterways or drains”
Today is day one of Hurricane Season, and GOHSEP is ready. Spokesman Mike Steele says the agency has spent the last several months preparing for the 2026 hurricane season.
Steele notes that due to changes with FEMA, there may be more that would need to be asked of first responders at the state and local levels. But he notes that those are things that they had already started doing.
The season ended last night in Starkville for the Ragin Cajuns baseball team as U-L Lafayette lost to Mississippi State 19 to 5 in the Regional Finals. Coach Matt Deggs expects the Cajuns will go farther next year…
Cut 8 (14) “…with this group”