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Governor Jeff Landry visited with Louisiana National Guard Soldiers in Texas Thursday who are assisting with border security. Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked the state to send troops for 90 days. Landry says he doesn’t yet know whether Louisiana troops will continue to assist or how long they might be there…
Cut 7 (11) “…making a decision.”
The cost of the sending troops is approximately $3-million.
Senator Patrick McMath’s bill to make using a handheld cellphone while driving in Louisiana a criminal offense passed overwhelmingly in the Senate, but his yearly attempt failed in the House. Oil City Representative Danny McCormick questions what else would be considered a crime in McMath’s bill.
Cut 9 (11) “…still out there, yes.”
The three-panel court has given the state a June 3rd deadline to draw a new congressional map. The legislature is in session, and they are scheduled to end June 3rd as well. But with the budget yet to be heard in Senate Finance, Senate President Cameron Henry says it’s impossible for them to even file a bill for a new map because the deadline has already passed.
Henry says it’s time to let State Attorney General Liz Murrill handle the congressional map at this point with an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the works.
And NAACP Legal Defense Attorney Jared Evans agrees…
Cut 24 finality really. :11
Evans believes SCOTUS will make a decision by mid-June.