Tomorrow is the deadline for lawmakers to turn in ballots if they’d like to cancel the upcoming veto override session. LaPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says it is highly likely that less than half of both the House and Senate will turn in ballots, meaning the override session will begin July 20th.
The health department reports 1,936 new COVID cases today, more than double the amount from Tuesday. As the delta variant causes a spike in cases State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says this surge is preventable. He acknowledges there have been breakthrough cases, but overall, it’s rare, however, Kanter says as the variant spreads, breakthrough cases will only increase.
Cut 11 (09) “…risk out there.”
Senator Bill Cassidy expresses hope a vote will happen soon an infrastructure bill to invest around one-point-two trillion dollars in projects over the next eight years. Cassidy says the legislation will also contain 47-billion dollars for coastal restoration and flood mitigation projects statewide. Cassidy thinks they can get it passed, but it’s a tedious process…
Cut 6 (13) “…be built”