An effort to prevent someone from serving as governor for three or more terms failed to get enough votes in the Louisiana House. Chalmette Representative Michael Bayham’s proposed constitutional amendment needed 70 votes, but it  only got 67 votes. New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry likes the proposal…

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The constitution currently only allows a person to serve two consecutive terms. But if former governors Bobby Jindal or John Bel Edwards wanted to run for governor next year, they could. But Bayham says…

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No one spoke in opposition. Bayham can bring the measure up for another vote to see if he can get the 70 votes to send the proposal to the Senate.

The Louisiana House approves legislation that would allow public universities to keep private how they spend revenue share dollars with their athletes. The measure passed 91 to 4. Revenue share dollars is public money. It includes tax dollars from sports betting. If the legislation is approved, the public will not see how much money athletes are getting directly from the university and how much a sports program is receiving. Supporters have cited safety concerns for the athlete if fans know how much the players are getting paid, and it would cause a competitive disadvantage. Opponents say this is public money and the public has a right to see how it is spent.

There was no discussion on the bill before it was passed to the Senate. But the bill’s author Tehmi Chassion says media members that have filed a lawsuit seeking to see the revenue share dollar allocations have received death threats and he says that’s not right…

Cut 26 (16) “…don’t’ deserve that”