Senate Governmental Affairs will meet at nine this morning to discuss two potential Congressional district maps. And the senate president and house speaker will be in court asking for more time. One map submitted by Baton Rouge Senator and Democrat Cleo Fields contains two majority-Black districts which would meet the stipulations handed down by a federal judge…:
Cut 13 (14) “right thing”
The other map to be considered is by Slidell Republican Sharon Hewitt. It’s the map that passed in the redistricting session a Federal court rejected because it only has one majority Black district. Hewitt who also chairs the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee says the June 20th court-imposed deadline is not realistic…:
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Legislative leaders are asking to extend the deadline to June 30th.

The US House of Representatives has passed the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, which dedicates $1.4 billion annually to prevent wildlife extinction. Executive Director of the Louisiana Wildlife Federation Rebecca Triche says the legislation will greatly help supplement funding to help preserve wildlife in Louisiana…:
Cut 4 (11) “greatest concern”
Triche says three-fourths of voters in Louisiana agree that more needs to be done to conserve land and wildlife in the state.

The statewide average price for a gallon of regular gasoline did not go up once again overnight. It stands at $4.55 which is still up a nickel from the same time last week and 40 cents higher than a month ago.