Legislators manage to pass tort reform aimed at lowering auto insurance rates by ten percent but Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat believes Governor Edwards will veto the session’s signature bill. Edwards has long expressed concerns that the bill would not actually lower rates and was frustrated when the Legislature blocked efforts to prevent insurance rate discrimination on gender or class grounds.
The legislation did not pass with a veto proof majority and Pinsonat says that may have doomed their effort, despite a mandate from voters to lower auto insurance rates.
Tropical Storm Cristobal forms in the Bay of Campeche, but it’s expected to remain stationary over the next few days before moving north. State Climatologist Barry Keim says its never too early to be prepared.
Another piece of controversial legislation made it out of the Legislature in the last minutes of the session: a 300 million dollar grant program for small businesses. Democrats opposed the grant program saying the Louisiana Congressional Delegation sent us that money to aid local governments, and Amite Representative Robby Carter says Louisiana businesses have already received 7 billion dollars in Payroll Protection Program funds…
President Trump calls on governors to deploy the National Guard in sufficient numbers to “dominate the streets” in the wake of lawlessness following nationwide police brutality protests. Senator Bill Cassidy backed the President’s statement.