Confirmation hearings begin today for President Biden’s Supreme Court Justice nominee Kentanji Brown Jackson and 50 students from the Southern University Law Center are in Washington D-C to witness history. Black women make up less than two percent of federal judges in U-S history and Southern third-year law student Quiana Joy Ochiagha (Key-ana Oh-chi-aga) sees Jackson’s potential confirmation as a starting point for greater inclusion going forward…
cut 11 (12) “….my new profession”

At the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, the House Transportation Committee will consider legislation that would prohibit the use of a handheld cell phone while driving. The bill’s sponsor, Breaux Bridge Representative Mike Huval says the legislation is designed to encourage drivers to use Bluetooth technology…
cut 5 (05) “….a lot easier and safer
The House Transportation Committee meets at 9:30.

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to be in south Louisiana later today to discuss federal dollars that will be used to expand broadband internet in rural areas. Harris will hold a press conference in the St. Landry Parish town of Sunset. Congressman Troy Carter will be there and also plans to talk to the V-P about providing more resources to help small businesses recover from the pandemic and natural disasters…
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Details of Vice President Harris’ trip have yet to be released.

LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center has opened a new Bariatric Institute on its Baton Rouge campus. Doctor Philip Schauer says the new state-of-the-art facility is important to Louisiana as about 40-percent of its residents are obese costing the state 13-billion dollars annually in direct medical expenses and lost workdays…
cut 14 (11) “…even cancer”