House Republicans push through another legislative instrument designed to limit the Governor’s public health authority.
Erath Representative Blake Miguez brought a resolution that would suspend the Fire Marshal’s ability to enforce things like business capacity limits, mask-wearing requirements, and other pandemic restrictions on commerce. Miguez says it’s the Fire Marshal who is enforcing the limitations on fan attendance at Tiger Stadium.
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But Metairie Representative Stephanie Hilferty the Fire Marshal has been kind and courteous to business owners and doing his best to make sure people are safe.
The resolution heads to the Senate.
The House Democratic Caucus blasted legislative Republicans outside the Capitol, hitting their colleagues on everything from rejecting efforts to protect renters to refusing to increase unemployment benefits while fixating on the Governor’s public health authority. Caucus Chair Sam Jenkins says they’re all frustrated but may agree to back a Senate effort that would increase Legislative oversight of the Governor’s public health decisions.
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New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell testified in front of the Legislature about the 150 million dollar budget shortfall her city is facing, and her frustration that they were only given 60 million in CARES Act money from the state to address it. She says they’ve had to partially furlough all 4,000 city workers…
GOP legislators told the Mayor her revenue issues wouldn’t be as bad if she loosened her city’s pandemic health limits on businesses.