6:30 LRN Newscast

For the second straight year, the Louisiana Legislature has sent a bill to the governor’s desk that would ban transgender athletes from competing in girls and women’s sports. The Senate gave final legislative passage yesterday on a 32-6 vote. There are still about two weeks left in the regular session, so Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat says if the governor vetoes the bill again…
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Pinsonat says the governor could also not sign the bill and just let it become law without his approval.

Louisiana will elect a new governor in about 18 months, but there are NO officially announced candidates. Political analyst Ron Faucheux says, in years past, prospective candidates would have announced their intentions by now to maximize campaign fundraising…:
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Potential candidates include Attorney General Jeff Landry, Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser and state treasurer John Schroder, Congressman Garret Graves and Senator Bill Cassidy.

Some unwelcome visitors could be in your garden…David Grubb has the story…
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