Gun rights groups are hoping a last-second push will help get a veto override of legislation that would remove the need to get a permit to concealed carry over the finish line when the veto override session begins tomorrow. Matt Herriman with the NRA says they’re trying to convince skeptical lawmakers that this won’t lead to increased gun violence…

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Bill author West Monroe Senator Jay Morris says the override effort is a “50/50” right now.

Louisiana’s construction industry is now down 21 thousand jobs from February of 2020.  Louisiana Associated General Contractors C-E-O Ken Naquin says the President’s moratorium on new oil and gas lease sales is playing a big role in the slow recovery…

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Nearly eleven months after southwest Louisiana was struck by Hurricane Laura, still no disaster aid funding from Congress Brooke Thorington has more.

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The state is now enduring a fourth surge in COVID cases, this time propelled by the more virulent Delta variant. Hospitalizations are up nearly 500 from the start of the month and positivity rates are back over ten percent for the first time since the winter surge. Despite this dramatic rise the Governor says he has no plans, as of now, to reinstitute COVID restrictions.