Governor John Bel Edwards has filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff Landry in state district court. Edwards is upset Landry has refused to approve state contracts that contained protections for gays and lesbians from workplace discrimination. The governor says the A-G is over stepping his constitutional authority…
cut 13 (10) “…his own”
But Landry says he’s trying to protect the taxpayer…
cut 16 (10) “…the state”
Landry’s office has rejected at least 40 contracts because it contains non-discrimination wording.

There’s a sense of excitement for tonight’s LSU’s game. Fans are eager to see if interim head coach Ed Orgeron can spark a football team that’s underachieved. Kick-off against Missouri is at 6:30.

$400 million in federal disaster aid is coming to Louisiana, but it could still be months before we see the “down payment.” The federal government needs to make rules on how that money can be spent, then state and local leaders need to assign how it plans to use the dollars. State Office of Community Development head Pat Forbes says this first shot of money is a sure sign we can expect more help from Washington moving forward…:
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Congress is expected to approve another relief package in December.

State fire marshal investigators are continuing to examine the circumstances of a fatal fire in Ferriday that killed 65-year-old Valeri Prosser. Her body was found early Friday morning in a bedroom of the residence. A cause of the fire is uknown, but investigators believe it started in the bedroom.