The first-ever veto session in Louisiana’s modern history has ended with lawmakers failing to override any of the governor’s 28 vetoes, including the transgender sports ban bill. Governor John Bel Edwards calls the bill a solution looking for a problem and it could cost the state major sporting events…
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Political analyst Clancy Dubos says the veto session was a gamble that didn’t pay for Republican legislative leaders and they now know how hard it is to override a gubernatorial veto…
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House Speaker Clay Schexnayder says they will bring the bill back next year.

The state says 94-percent of the cases and 97-percent of the deaths since February are unvaccinated patients…

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The Louisiana Workforce Commission is reminding unemployed workers that the weekly 300-dollar enhanced federal unemployment benefits will end on July 31st. L-W-C Secretary Ava Cates says since March of 2020, the L-W-C has distributed about nine billion dollars in state and federal benefits to 900-thousand Louisianans…
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The veto session is over and state lawmakers did not override any of the governor’s 28 vetoes from the 2021 legislative session. An effort to overturn the governor’s rejection of a transgender sports ban bill failed by two votes in the Louisiana House. Governor John Bel Edwards said early on that the bill is unnecessary…
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Political analyst Clancy Dubos says Republican legislative leaders now know how difficult it is to reach a supermajority, which is what is needed to override a gubernatorial veto…
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The state health department reported an alarming 5,388 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. The third highest single-day total since the pandemic started. During his monthly radio show “Ask the Governor” Governor Edwards highlighted the importance of vaccine availability.
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has reinstituted a mask mandate for vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals when indoors.

The 300-dollar weekly enhanced federal unemployment benefits will come to an at the end of the month. That’s the result of legislation approved by lawmakers during the session. Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Cates says in exchange for the premature end of the federally boosted payments, starting next year weekly state unemployment benefits will increase 28 dollars to a 275 dollar weekly maximum.
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The state Legislature’s first-ever veto session ended without lawmakers overturning any of the governor’s 28 vetoes. An effort to override the governor’s veto of a bill to prohibit transgender individuals from participating in girls’ sports failed by two votes in the House. Louisiana Family Forum President Gene Mills is disappointed House members didn’t rise to the occasion…
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Prior to the start of the two-day veto session, House Speaker Clay Schexnayder was confident the votes were there to overturn the governor’s veto of the transgender sports ban. Political analyst Clancy Dubos says Republican legislative leaders have some egg on their face…
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Starting in August unemployed Louisianans will no longer get 300 dollar federally boosted unemployment payments. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The state health department reported over 5,000 new COVID cases yesterday, the third single-day highest total since the pandemic started.

The state health department reported 5,388 new COVID cases today, the third-highest single day total since the pandemic started. The number of COVID-19 hospital patients also continues to rise. It now stands 844, the highest it’s been since mid-February.

UL-Lafayette kicks off an incentive program to encourage students to return to campus fully vaccinated this fall. Brooke Thorington has more.
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It’s the House’s turn this afternoon to consider whether to overturn the governor’s veto of a bill that bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. 70 votes are needed in the lower chamber after the Senate narrowly voted to override the governor’s veto of Senate Bill 156. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat says there are 68 Republicans in the House and the GOP may need a couple of Democrats to vote their way in order to execute the override..
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Sad story out of St. Landry Parish as a 17-year-old riding a horse in a retention pond near Beau Chene High School drowned after he fell off the horse. Sheriff Bobby Guidroz says the horse got spooked as the water got deep and Jacory Levier’s body was recovered last night….
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The St. Landry Parish School system says Levier was a student at Port Barre High School.

It’s day two of the veto session and the House will have the opportunity to complete the override effort of a bill that would prohibit transgender students from playing organized female sports. But an effort to override a veto of a bill that would remove the need for a permit to carry concealed a gun failed to get two-thirds support in the Senate. The bill is authored by West Monroe Senator Jay Morris…
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Four senators who voted for Morris’s bill on June 1st voted against the override effort yesterday including Natchitoches Senator Louie Bernard, who changed his mind after some reflection away from Baton Rouge…
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The Louisiana Office of Tourism is asking the public for excellent bird watching sites as the state agency works to redesign the state’s Birding Trails…
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It has been a wet summer, especially for southeast Louisiana. State Climatologist Barry Keim says 2021 rainfall totals for the Big Easy are close to surpassing the rainfall total the city normally sees for an entire year…
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On the opening day of the state’s first-ever veto session, Louisiana’s Republican state Senators were successful in their effort to override Governor Edwards’ veto of a bill that would prohibit transgender students from participating in school sports. Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell told lawmakers the public overwhelmingly supports her legislation…
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The Louisiana House will have its opportunity today to finalize the override. There are 27 other bills that were vetoed but political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the transgender sports bill is the big one…
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There is not enough support in the Louisiana Senate to override Governor Edwarsds’ veto of a bill that would allow for adults to conceal carry a gun without a permit. The effort needed 26 votes and 23 Senators voted for the override. Norco’s Gary Smith was the lone Democratic Senator to vote in favor during the regular session, but he says he changed his mind after thinking about his own experience as an avid gun collector.
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It’s been a wet summer across south Louisiana, especially in southeast Louisiana. State Climatologist Barry Keim says fronts hardly ever move through the state during the summertime, but that’s not been the case this year…
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Keim says drier days should be coming soon, but that will also mean hotter temperatures.

The Senate has voted to override Governor Edwards’s veto of a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports. Brooke Thorington examines whether there are enough votes in the House to complete the override effort….
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AT 2 PM, the governor holds his monthly Ask the Governor Show. Edwards will give his thoughts on the override veto session. He’ll also discuss the state’s fourth COVID surge. The state has surpassed 500-thousand total cases since the pandemic started and the number of people hospitalized is 779.

While lawmakers are poised to override Governor Edwards’s veto of a transgender sports bill, an effort to override his veto of a permitless conceal carry bill has failed in the Senate after several lawmakers voted against the override effort, after voting for the legislation during the regular session. One of those lost votes came from Natchitoches Senator Louie Bernard…
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Torrential rain led to flooding in parts of St. Tammany Parish yesterday as south Louisiana has been mired in a wet summer. But State Climatologist Barry Keim says the weather pattern is expected to change in the next few days which will benefit the drought stricken areas of our country…
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