Congressional maps approved by the House and Senate in the redistricting session fail to add a majority-minority Black district and Governor John Bel Edwards calls them problematic. But until they reach his desk Edwards will not say if he will veto them.
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Edwards says the 2020 Census indicates one-third of the state is Black which has changed the state’s demographic makeup from the previous ten years, so two of the state’s six congressional districts should be majority-minority.

During a Monday afternoon press conference, the governor also gave an update on the state’s response to COVID. He says Louisiana is on the downswing of the latest surge, as the last three Mondays have seen a decrease in cases, but the state is still reporting a lot of deaths…
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The state reported 41 more COVID deaths yesterday.

Shreveport area Congressman Mike Johnson says it’s time to permanently make Fentanyl a Schedule I controlled substance. Kevin Gallagher reports on his bill to do just that:
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