The state Senate approves a new Congressional district map that maintains one majority-minority district. Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields authored an amendment to create a second-majority Black district by taking voters from Representative Julia Letlow’s 5th district…
Fields amendment failed on a party-line vote.
House Governmental Affairs Committee approves a new state House map that keeps the number of majority-minority districts at 29. Opponents say the new map prevents more blacks from being elected. House Governmental Affairs Chairman John Stefanski asked teenagers if they knew the definition of gerrymandering…
State Police are investigating two officer-involved shootings, one in Lake Charles the other in New Orleans. A Lake Charles officer shot a man who hit a police car with his vehicle early Wednesday morning. And in New Orleans an officer shot a man just north of the Superdome Tuesday evening. Police were searching for an armed robbery suspect; the man was hit three times in the leg. Injuries are considered nonlife-threatening injuries.
He’s a Lafayette native, a political science major at LSU, and is the second quarter-final winner of Jeopardy’s National College Champions for 2022. Who is Steven Privat. (Pre-vot). Privat was a guest on Talk 107.3 in Baton Rouge this morning, and even though he wasn’t able to discuss anything beyond Tuesday’s episode he says been a great experience.
The Jeopardy College Championship continues tonight at 7 pm on ABC.