Louisiana lawmakers have succeeded in overriding the governor’s veto of a bill that bans doctors from performing a medical procedures that attempt to alter the biological sex of a minor. Pollock Representative Gabe Firment has called the bill the “Stop Harming Our Kids Act”….
cut 13 (13) “…gender dysphoria”
New Orleans Representative Jason Hughes agreed with the governor’s veto message that the legislation is unconstitutional….
cut 14 (12) “….normal children”
A federal judge last month struck down the Arkansas version of the trans youth health care ban. Firment’s bill is set to go into effect in January.

New campaign finance reports shows Republican Jeff Landry has nine-million dollars available in his gubernatorial campaign warchest, while the lone major Democrat in the race, Shawn Wilson has just 594-thousand dollars. ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says Wilson will have to pick up the pace…
cut 12 (04) “….statewide office”

U.S. Attorney Brandon Brown says 24 people closely associated with a Shreveport street gang are facing charges related to a CARES Act fraud scheme. Brown says the defendants defrauded the federal government of thousands of dollars by taking advantage of small business pandemic relief loans to fund criminal activity…
Cut 4 (12) “…vulnerable state.”
Brown says the defendants manufactured a variety of artificial businesses in order to fraudulently receive pandemic relief dollars.