State lawmakers have until next Friday to decide on whether to hold an override veto session. La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says there are some lawmakers who wonder if they have enough votes to override a veto…
Governor Edwards vetoed 28 bills, a majority vote in either the House or Senate is needed to cancel the session that’s set to begin July 20th.
One of the measures blocked by Edwards would have expanded state drug courts by using funds obtained in opioid settlements. The bill’s author, Port Allen Senator Rick Ward, hopes there’s an override session so that they discuss the bill again and possibly override the veto…
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In his veto statement, Edwards says the bill was too vague about how the Attorney General was allowed to spend money.
The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested 25-year-old Brian Michael Clark after he fatally shot a woman at his house multiple times. Lt. Bill Davis says Clark told investigators that he got mad at the victim.
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Davis says Clark was the one who called 9-1-1 to report the shooting and later confessed. The victim’s identity has not been released.
There’s a movement to give family caregivers a tax credit of up to five thousand dollars with the Credit for Caring Act. AARP State Director Denise Botcher says 80-percent of those caring for family members are paying out-of-pocket expenses of more than seven thousand annually.
Botcher says the highest-burden of expenses is falling on younger caregivers and those who are Black or Hispanic.