The Senate has voted to override Governor Edwards’s veto of a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports. Brooke Thorington examines whether there are enough votes in the House to complete the override effort….
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AT 2 PM, the governor holds his monthly Ask the Governor Show. Edwards will give his thoughts on the override veto session. He’ll also discuss the state’s fourth COVID surge. The state has surpassed 500-thousand total cases since the pandemic started and the number of people hospitalized is 779.

While lawmakers are poised to override Governor Edwards’s veto of a transgender sports bill, an effort to override his veto of a permitless conceal carry bill has failed in the Senate after several lawmakers voted against the override effort, after voting for the legislation during the regular session. One of those lost votes came from Natchitoches Senator Louie Bernard…
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Torrential rain led to flooding in parts of St. Tammany Parish yesterday as south Louisiana has been mired in a wet summer. But State Climatologist Barry Keim says the weather pattern is expected to change in the next few days which will benefit the drought stricken areas of our country…
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