The veto override of legislation banning transgender athletes from playing female sports clears the first hurdle, passing the Senate with one vote to spare. New Orleans Senator Karen Carter Peterson says 400 major businesses put out a statement calling bills like this discriminatory…
The NCAA has indicated that passage of this bill may endanger New Orleans’ hosting rights for the 2022 Final Four.
But Houma Senator “Big Mike” Fesi, speaking in support of the bill, says money shouldn’t factor into this decision…
Cut 17, 11 seconds, morals
The bill heads to the House
A number of St. Tammany Parish residents awoke to flash floods this morning. Parish Officials say while the drainage systems were working as designed, events like today show a need for a comprehensive approach towards addressing drainage. St. Tammany Parish Public Information Director Michael Vinsanau says the worst flooding occurred in Mandeville south of I-12 along US 190…
Additional rain is expected in the coming days.
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says they will not reschedule football games this season if a team has a COVID outbreak. The Advocate reports more than 90-percent of the LSU football team is vaccinated, one of the highest rates in the SEC. Sankey says the league or schools cannot force players to get vaccinated, but they can educate…