State lawmakers began a special session today called to redraw a Congressional map with two Black majority districts. The House and Governmental Affairs Committee could hear New Orleans Representative Royce Duplessis’ Congressional map proposal with two majority-Black districts on Friday. Crowley Representative John Stefanski, who’s on that committee, doesn’t think there’s enough time to pass Duplessis’ proposal..:
CUT 14(11) “…unattainable.”
He feels a federal appeals court could still rule in favor of the congressional map passed in February with only one Black-majority district…but Duplessis says, for now, the courts order is “draw a new map”…:
CUT 15(06) “…right thing.”
A June 20th deadline looms for the new map. House & Senate leaders will ask that federal judge tomorrow to push that back to at least June 30th.
A virus that usually causes winter colds for kids is surging in Louisiana’s summer heat. Brooke Thorington looks at why…:
CUT 01(34) “…Brooke Thorington.”
New Orleans Police arrest two more people in the shooting early this month at a high school graduation ceremony on the Xavier University campus. A 50-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman were charged Tuesday. Another suspect was arrested last week. A 15-year-old juvenile is also still at large.