According to numbers from the Secretary of State’s Office, after two days of early voting, 258-thousand early votes were cast, compared to 162-thousand after the first two days of the early voting period in 2016. The number of black voters who early voted during the first two days is double the number in 2016 and the Secretary of State’s Office has received three times as more mail-in ballots than the last Presidential election.

Amendment two on the November ballot would change the way oil and gas wells are assessed for property taxes. The current method levies local taxes per well without consideration of the value of the oil or natural gas produced. Robert Travis Scott, president of the Public Affairs Research Council explains…
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For more information on the amendments go to the Public Affairs Research Council’s website.

The Senate Education Committee has approved the Ka’ Mauri Harrison Act. It’s named after a nine-year-old Jefferson Parish student who served a six-day suspension for moving a BB gun during an online class. The legislation would require school systems to create new discipline policies for virtual learning and it would also allow families to appeal school suspensions to the school board. Jefferson Parish Schools Legislative Liasion Jennifer Ansardi opposed part of the bill that would make it retroactive to the beginning of the pandemic…
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The House approved measure heads to the Senate floor.

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Sam Jenkins believes the special session is a waste of time as Republican lawmakers attempt to pass legislation to curtail the governor’s authority during an emergency order. Jenkins says a special session would have been useful if they had federal pandemic dollars to distribute…
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