To provide access to abortion services in the southeast a California physician proposes a floating clinic in the Gulf of Mexico to skirt state bans. Brooke Thorington has more…:

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Meanwhile, WBRZ TV in Baton Rouge reports lawyers for a Shreveport abortion clinic have filed a request for a Baton Rouge judge to block the state’s abortion ban. A New Orleans judge punted to matter to a Baton Rouge court last week. No word on a hearing date as yet.

The deadline for lawmakers to vote on having – or NOT having – a special veto override session is midnight tonight. As of now it seems unlikely to happen. A veto session happens automatically, unless a simple majority of members in both chambers vote “no” by mail-in ballot. House Speaker Pro Tem Tanner Magee, of Houma, says convening a session just requires members to vote “yes” or not vote at all…:

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Magee says any bills that were vetoed by the Governor this year can be reintroduced next year.

Many of us are happy to see gasoline prices dropping below $4-a-gallon again. GasBuddy.com fuels analyst Patrick DeHaan says after setting record high prices in mid-June, we are now seeing one of the steepest declines in gas prices ever…:

CUT 13(10)      “…in 2008.”