Democratic State House chairs Chad Brown and Vincent Pierre were removed from their posts, seemingly as retaliation by the Republican Speaker for votes in the recent veto override session. LaPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says this move was blowback for the two Democrats’ votes against legislation banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports.
Two other Democrats were also removed from key committee assignments.
A tragic boating incident over the weekend claims three lives in Sabine Parish. Lt Dean Aucoin, Director of Boating Education for LDWF says they don’t know what caused the incident yet, and unfortunately in cases like this sometimes you just never find out. That being said…
A Sunday morning rampage in Baton Rouge leaves one dead and several others including the suspect hospitalized from a domestic incident that escalated quickly. Brooke Thorington has more.
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In this hour Governor Edwards is expected to announce whether or not he will reimplement a statewide mask mandate amidst surging COVID cases. Louisiana now has nearly 2,000 COVID related hospitalizations, up from roughly 250 this time last month and is being noted nationwide as the state with the fastest per capita case growth.