A marathon meeting of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee that ended at 4:30 this morning resulted in the panel approving a five-one Congressional District map, which means one less Black majority district than the current map which was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Blacks on the committee are still pushing for a Congressional map with two majority Black Districts. New Orleans Democrat Royce Duplessis told West Monroe Republican Jay Morris that Blacks would be underrepresented with a five-one map…

Cut 8 (17) “…Republicans”

A Congressional map featuring five safe seats for Republicans and one seat for Democrats was approved on a four-three vote and will be taken up by the full Senate tomorrow.

We’ve known for a while that the Saints will be playing a game in Paris this season. Now, we know the date and their opponent – October 25th against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jeff Duncan, who covers the Saints for The Advocate and NOLA-dot-com, says everyone thought that their opponent would be the Browns, but the NFL had other ideas.

Cut 3 (11) “…an attractive matchup.”

Duncan expects a lot of Who Dats will travel overseas for the game.

SeaD (seed) Consulting says a recent audit of Baton Rouge restaurants found that nine of the 44 restaurants they visited improperly labeled their shrimp as domestic, when it was actually imported. SeaD founder David Williams says what these restaurants are doing violates state law…

Cut 11 (09) “…you the truth”