A marathon meeting of Senate Governmental Affairs results in the approval of a Congressional map that will likely result in five Republicans and one Democrat representing Louisiana in the US House. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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Louisiana ranks first in the nation for reading growth according to a new report from the Education Scorecard. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says this latest scorecard measured growth from 2022 to 2025.

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Louisiana also ranks second for math growth from 2022 to 2025.

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.

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The meeting lasted more than nine hours; but at 4:30 this morning, the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee passed a new congressional map that has one majority Democratic district and five majority Republican districts. Prior to the final vote, members called out committee members for already having their minds made up.

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The meeting took all night, because numerous people went before the committee to express their support for a Congressional map with two majority minority districts. West Monroe Senator Jay Morris is the author of the map with one majority Black district and was asked how he felt that dozens of people came to the capitol to oppose his bill….

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The full Senate is expected to debate Morris’ bill tomorrow.

If you’re planning on going to Paris to watch the Saints play this year, you can now start making your plans…

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State Police has agreed to pay the family of Ronald Greene 4.8-million dollars nearly seven years to the day after a group of white troopers fatally beat Greene, who was Black, during a traffic stop in Union Parish. As for whether this settlement will serve as a deterrent from something like this from happening again, legal analyst Franz Borghardt says you didn’t need the settlement for that.

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The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee spent all night debating a new congressional map; and after nearly ten hours, it passed a map at around 4:30 this morning that has one majority Black district. The committee heard hours of testimony from the public who urged Senators to pass a map with two majority Black districts. New Orleans Senator Royce Duplessis explained why opponents to a 5-1 map waited hours to testify.

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Duplessis told West Monroe Republican Jay Morris, who proposed the map that passed, that Blacks would be underrepresented with a five-one map.

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Louisiana State Police has agreed to pay the family of Ronald Greene 4.8-million dollars to settle the wrongful death case. The settlement comes almost seven years to the day after a group of white troopers fatally beat Greene, who was Black, during a traffic stop in Union Parish. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt says given the degree of liability for the loss of a human life, this is a very reasonable settlement. 

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The Saints’ game in Paris will be against the Steelers on Sunday, October 25th. Jeff Duncan, who covers the Saints for The Advocate and NOLA-dot-com, says there will be plenty of opportunities for Saints fans to network with other Saints fans.

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The meeting lasted more than nine hours; but at 4:30 this morning, the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee passed a new congressional map that has one majority Democratic district and five majority Republican districts, with one being competitive based on voter registration numbers. Prior to the final vote, members called out committee members for already having their minds made up.

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Louisiana State Police has agreed to pay the family of Ronald Greene 4.8-million dollars nearly seven years to the day after a group of white troopers fatally beat Greene, who was Black, during a traffic stop in Union Parish. As for whether this settlement will serve as a deterrent from something like this from happening again, legal analyst Franz Borghardt says you didn’t need the settlement for that.

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A new report from the Education Scorecard shows Louisiana ranking first in the nation for reading growth and second in math growth from 2022 to 2025. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says the rankings are a point of pride for our state, but they are far from satisfied and will keep pushing for greater academic outcomes.

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The Saints’ game in Paris will take place October 25th against the Steelers. This game will officially be a Saints home game. Jeff Duncan, who covers the Saints for The Advocate and NOLA-dot-com, says in a way, it really will be a Saints home game – the Saints have exclusive marketing rights to France.

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The Senate Governmental Affairs meeting dragged on for more than nine hours well into the early morning hours debating the state’s new congressional map, and the frustrations started to show as the meeting wore on. One woman couldn’t contain her anger after the committee voted down a map that would have preserved two solidly Democratic districts.

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Earlier, New Orleans Democrat Royce Duplessis took Republicans to task for making opponents of a 5-1 map wait hours to testify. West Monroe Republican Jay Morris, who authored the bill that the committee ultimately passed, responded.

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Louisiana ranks first in the nation for reading growth, according to a new report from the Education Scorecard. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says this latest scorecard measured growth from 2022 to 2025.

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Louisiana also ranks second for math growth from 2022 to 2025.

Nearly seven years to the day after a group of white State Police troopers beat Ronald Greene to death during a traffic stop, the agency settled with Greene’s family for 4.8-million dollars. Legal analyst Franz  Borghardt says this was the best possible outcome for everyone involved.

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A marathon meeting of  Senate Governmental Affairs results in the approval of a Congressional map that will likely result in five Republicans and one Democrat representing Louisiana in the U.S. House. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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Louisiana State Police has agreed to pay the family of Ronald Greene 4.8-million dollars to settle the wrongful death case. The settlement comes almost seven years to the day after a group of white troopers fatally beat Greene, who was Black, during a traffic stop in Union Parish. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt says given the degree of liability for the loss of a human life, this is a very reasonable settlement. 

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The Revenue Estimating Conference adopts a forecast that will result in fewer available dollars to spend for state lawmakers. Melinda Deslatte with the Public Affairs Research Council says Governor Landry’s tax reform plan that went into effect last year is the main reason for the decline in state revenue.

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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…

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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.

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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…

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The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee literally spent all night debating a new Congressional district map for Louisiana and after nearly ten hours of discussion the panel approved a map at around 4:30 this morning that has one majority Black district. The committee heard hours of testimony from the public who urged Senators to pass a six-district map that has two majority Black districts. New Orleans Senator Royce Duplessis explained why they waited hours for their turn to testify…

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Duplessis directed those comments towards Republican West Monroe Senator Jay Morris, who is the author of the map that favors Republicans to represent five of the six districts.…

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The five-one map heads to the Senate floor for more debate.

Lost in all of the redistricting discussion is the news that Louisiana lawmakers have less money to spend than what was originally forecasted. Melinda Deslatte with the Public Affairs Research Council says this jeopardizes Governor Landry’s request to double the funding of the Louisiana GATOR Scholarship program, the state’s voucher program. She says Senate President Cameron Henry was not on board with Landry’s request anyways.

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Lawmakers have until June 1st to approve a budget that will be 104-million dollars lighters because of the new economic forecast adopted.

It will be the Saints and Steelers in the first ever NFL regular season game in Paris. Initial reports had New Orleans playing the Browns but it turns out the Black and Gold will take on Pittsburgh in France on October 25^th.