The House comes two votes shy of overriding Governor Edwards’ veto of legislation barring transgender girls and women from girls’ and women’s sports. This comes a day after the Senate kicked off the override session by approving an override by just one vote. Opponents of the bill called it discriminatory and a solution in search of a problem, but supporters like Metairie Representative Laurie Schlegel disagreed…
Cut 15 (10) “…growing problem”
That basically wraps up the historic veto override session, lawmakers won’t be returning tomorrow to try again.
Six Louisianans have been arrested by the Attorney General’s Office for allegedly defrauding California out of a million dollars in unemployment benefits. Louisiana Bureau of Investigations Special Agent Ernest Green explains why they chose the Golden State…
The state saw another dramatic increase in COVID cases and hospitalizations today as the Delta variant fueled surge rips across the state. 65 more COVID patients have been admitted to hospitals putting the total number of hospitalizations at 844 while nearly 5,400 new cases were reported today.
UL Lafayette is hoping to head off any campus impacts from this surge with a new incentive program…