The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee took all night and several hours into this morning to hash out a new congressional map. Gonzales Democrat Ed Price presented his map first; and after more than five hours of public discussion, it was voted down 4-3. Price’s map would have created four safe Republican districts and two safe Democratic districts.
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In the end committee members approved Monroe Republican Jay Morris’ bill, which would reinstate the map from 2022, with just one majority-democratic district.
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Committee members adjourned at 4:30 this morning. The newly approved map will head next to the full Senate.
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The Louisiana Legislature has less money to spend than originally projected. Jeff Palermo on what this means.
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News of three people on a cruise ship dying from the hantavirus has many worried about another pandemic. Hantavirus spreads from rodent droppings to people, and usually a person cannot transmit it to another person. But LSU Health New Orleans infectious disease expert Dr. Fred Lopez says this is a special type of Andes virus, where it can spread between people.