
Louisiana lawmakers will return for a veto override session driven by LGBTQ+ issues
Lawmakers can bring up any vetoed item for an override, though they have to get a two-thirds majority vote in the House and Senate to be successful.
Lawmakers can bring up any vetoed item for an override, though they have to get a two-thirds majority vote in the House and Senate to be successful.
Lafayette Parish has an advantage over nearly every other community. It has a larger number of representatives and senators in the legislative leadership positions.
Lafayette Parish is set to take home the second largest share of earmark dollars claimed for local projects.
The spending plan retains university faculty pay raise, reduces early childhood education slots.
Tax credits for pregnancies, adoptions and donations to crisis pregnancy centers are among the proposals filed by legislators this session.
Abortions are legal again in Louisiana until at least July 8, when Orleans Parish District Judge Robin Giarrusso holds her first hearing over a lawsuit challenging the statewide abortion ban.
Republicans in leadership – Senate President Page Cortez, House Speaker Clay Schexnayder and Sen. Sharon Hewitt – submitted maps that retain just one majority-Black district. Democrats, who submitted the other seven bills, have included two majority-Black districts in their proposals.
Gov. John Bel Edwards presented his spending proposal to legislators this week
Senate President Page Cortez’s home parish of Lafayette received more money than others.
Legislators are spending a lot of money on roads, bridges and pet projects. Lafayette Parish is a big winner there.
Lawmakers are also considering loosening medical marijuana rules.
The number of people eligible to receive the Covid vaccine is expanding by hundreds of thousands this week.
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