Early voting has started in Louisiana and it will run until October 27th, excluding Sunday and the polls will be open 8 AM to 7 PM. Over 200-thousand mail ballots have been requested. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says if you have an underlying health condition you can request a mail ballot at your local election office, along with other reasons…
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The deadline to request a ballot by mail is October 30th.

The special session ends October 27th and it sounds like Governor Edwards will have his veto pen ready for any bill that hits his desk that seeks to limit his authority for issuing public emergency orders…
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Republican legislators believe they should have input on orders that last over 30 days.

Dire predictions of K-12 school reopenings resulting in the mass transmission of coronavirus have not come true so far. Matt Doyle has the story.
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WWL-TV in New Orleans reports another student in Jefferson Parish was suspended for handling a BB gun during virtual learning. The father of Timothy Brown in Grand Isle says his 11-year-old son was suspended for three days because he showed off a BB during virtual class. State lawmakers are working on legislation after a fourth-grader was suspended six days for a similar incident.