Louisiana is nearing a settlement on a 100-million dollar class-action lawsuit that dates back to 1983. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Louisiana is getting back to work, so says data released by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. This past February the state posted an unemployment rate of 4.3% says LWC spokesperson Chris Fiore.
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It looks like state lawmakers will hold a veto override session beginning on Wednesday. They had until midnight Friday to decide to block the session, which would be to override Governor John Bel Edwards’ rejection of the Congressional district map approved by the Republican-led Legislature last month. It would take 70 votes in the House and 20 in the Senate to override the governor. La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says there are 68 Republicans in the House and a couple of them have not committed to voting for the override…
House GOP Caucus chairman Blake Miguez has yet to decide on how he would vote on a veto overturn because he doesn’t support the Congressional map approved. His reasoning is it splits St. Martin and St. Mary parishes between two congressional districts.
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Baton Rouge Representative Barbara Carpenter wants parents convicted of killing their minor children to be added to the list of first-degree murder thus making them eligible for the death penalty.
Carpenter says the murder of a two-year-old in Baton Rouge last fall whose body was taken to Mississippi to be buried inspired the legislation.