For the first time ever, an override veto session will be held at the State Capitol today. A bill that would prohibit transgender athletes from participating in girls’ sports is the driving force behind the five-day veto session. The author of that legislation is Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell…
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But Baton Rouge Representative Ted James says a law is not needed, because of current LHSAA policy…
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A two-thirds vote is needed in the House and Senate to override one of the governor’s 28 vetoes from the last legislative session.It does not appear that lawmakers will attempt to override all 28. All of the action begins at noon today.

Since this is the first-ever override veto session held by the Louisiana Legislature, there are questions about how it will work. For instance, Jeremy Alford of La-Politics-dot-com says it’s unclear if legislators will get more than one opportunity to override a veto…
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Bills will begin in the chamber where they were first introduced, meaning both the transgender athlete ban and concealed carry bill will be discussed and voted on first in the Senate.

After climbing into the second-story window of a home, to visit a teenage girl, 17-year-old Nicholas Mcquirter is now facing second-degree murder charges after allegedly fatally shooting the girl’s father, 34-year-old Dezmon Hamilton. Zachary Police Chief David McDavid says when Hamilton found Mcquirter in the home things escalated…
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The teenager was also wounded but is expected to survive his injuries.