Former State Police leader Colonel Kevin Reeves has agreed to turn over his personal journals by tomorrow afternoon if they remain sealed from public view in order to avoid a contempt charge. Houma Representative Tanner Magee is seeking to hold Reeves in contempt after he withheld certain pages from the journals from a legislative committee investigating the state police custody death of Ronald Greene…
Reeves’ attorney Lewis Unglesby says his client has nothing to hide and that the pages lawmakers are seeking, do not contain any new information about Greene’s death…
Reeves’ personal financial information contained in the journals will be redacted. The special House committee is looking into the May 2019 death of Greene in Union Parish.
A bill to require public schools to provide menstrual products for students advances in Senate Education. New Orleans Representative Aimee Freeman says the bill was amended to remove the word restrooms and changed to an easily accessible location for female students.
The bill has been referred to Senate Finance for a source of funding to provide the feminine products.
Legislation to keep state or local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccinations for entry into public places or private businesses fails on a 5 to 4 vote in Senate Health and Welfare. Shreveport Representative Thomas Pressly says his bill is a compromise keeping government from imposing vaccine mandates on private businesses. Last fall New Orleans began requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test for entry into bars, restaurants, or other public venues. The bill will not advance to the Senate.