We are expecting to learn this morning state lawmakers will hold another veto session as they will attempt to override the governor’s veto of the Congressional district map approved by the Republican-led Legislature. LaPolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says it will take 70 votes in the House and there are 68 Republicans in the House
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The veto session would begin Wednesday and the regular session would be temporarily halted.

The latest Census numbers show significant population loss for southwest Louisiana with Calcasieu and Cameron Parish seeing at least a five-percent population decline from 2020 to 2021. Doctor Allison Plyer, chief demographer of the Data Center in New Orleans, says the area is looking at a slow recovery after Hurricane Laura destroyed hundreds of homes…

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State lawmakers are looking at ways to address the teacher shortage as Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says they need about 25-hundred teachers. Brumley supports a bill called the Geaux Teach Fund that would provide scholarship dollars to college students who are studying to become a teacher…
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The legislation is heading to the House floor after it was approved by House Education.

A movie called 57 seconds starring Oscar winner Morgan Freeman and the Hunger Game’s Josh Hutcherson will begin filming in Lafayette in two weeks. President of the Lafayette Economic Development Authority Mandi Mitchell says they are looking for workers…
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