Lawmakers decided at midnight Thursday to head back to the Capitol for an override veto session scheduled to take place at noon on Tuesday. House Speaker Clay Schexnayder says it will take a two-thirds vote in the House and Senate to override any of the governor’s vetoes…
Twelve members of the Senate and 31 members of the House voted to cancel the override veto session. The override veto session is scheduled to take five days.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette celebrates its 125th anniversary today. It was July 14, 1898, when the governor signed an act to establish Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute, now known as ULL. University president Dr. Joseph Savoie (Sav-wa) says a recent economic impact study indicates ULL has a $2.7 billion dollar impact in the state…
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ULL will be holding activities commemorating the school’s 125 birthday throughout the year. For a listing visit Louisiana-dot-edu-forward-slash 125.
A macheted attack on a priest in St. Landry Parish last night leaves a small town in shock. Brooke Thorington has more.
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