Lawmakers will have a lot of vetoes to sort through in the likely upcoming veto override session later this month, but one bill is set to take center stage…

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State Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson says a roughly half trillion dollar bipartisan agreement in the US Senate could alleviate many of the state’s long suffering infrastructure concerns.

Wilson says Louisiana currently has a D minus grade for infrastructure from the American Society of Civil Engineers. This bill looks tailor made to address those concerns locally.

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Governor Edwards issued 28 total vetoes of items passed during the recent session, but with a veto override session now likely some of those could end up getting overturned.

Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says lawmakers will only have a few days to override any vetoes and that’s not much time given the wide range of bills that were nixed…

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The World Health Organization is advising even those who are fully vaccinated to wear face masks as the delta variant of COVID continues to spread at a rapid rate. State Health Office Dr. Joe Kanter says so far, the CDC has not put out such a recommendation.

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The delta variant is a mutation of the coronavirus that spreads more quickly because it is better at latching onto cells in our bodies.