After a marathon overnight meeting, a bill eliminating one of Louisiana’s two majority-Democratic districts advanced from a Senate committee on a 4-3 vote early Wednesday morning following more than nine hours of testimony, setting the stage for Republican voting majorities in five of the state’s six congressional districts. Earlier in the night, committee members voted 4-3 against a proposed map by Gonzales Democrat Ed Price which would have protected the strength of Louisiana’s Black voters with two majority-democratic districts.
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This morning’s vote came after hours of debate on both proposals. The one with just one democratic-majority district will now head to the full Senate.
Louisiana State Police has agreed to pay a 4.8 million dollar settlement in a wrongful death case surround the 2019 fatal arrest of Ronald Green. That’s according to NOLA.com. Body camera footage showed Greene was beaten by State Troopers after leading them on a high speed chase near Monroe. Green died just after midnight May 10, 2019.
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The Hantavirus outbreak on a sight seeing cruise ship sailing through the South Atlanta has some worried another pandemic could happen. Joe Gallinaro has the story.
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A recent audit of 44 Baton Rouge restaurants by SeaD (“seed”) Consulting found that nine failed to disclose that their shrimp was imported. SeaD Founder David Williams says while six of those restaurants had no signage or menu disclosure, there was another issue with the other three.