Union Parish District Attorney John Belton provided an update on the federal and local investigations into the fatal arrest of Ronald Greene. David Grubb has more…
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Governor John Bel Edwards says he opposes the idea of sending the National Guard to New Orleans to help with the city’s crime problems. Edwards says guardsmen are soldiers, not law enforcement.

A special session to redraw a Congressional district map that would have two Black majority districts instead of one is set to begin tomorrow. A federal judge has ordered state lawmakers to approve a new map by Monday.
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That’s Erath Representative and House Republican Delegation Chairman Blake Miguez. But Governor John Bel Edwards says there’s enough time to pass a Congressional map that reflects the state’s one-third Black population.

Meanwhile, a group of Democrats in the Legislature are pushing Governor Edwards to veto a bill approved in the regular session that would ban abortions in Louisiana if the Supreme Court overturns Roe versus Wade.
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New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry says they are also concerned the legislation does not contain an exception for rape or incest.