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Gun rights advocates urging lawmakers to override veto on conceal carry bill
The Veto Override session begins tomorrow and there are 28 vetoes that could be potentially overturned. Including the constitutional carry bill, which would allow non felons to conceal a gun without a...
Jul 19, 2021
State sees slight uptick in the number of home fire fatalities
38 people have lost their lives due to home fires this year in Louisiana, four more than at this same time last year. According to the State Fire Marshal, most of these home fires appear to be related...
Jul 19, 2021 Dean+Barb / CC
SEC Media Days begin Monday and Coach Ed Orgeron will help kick off the talking season
The college football talking season begins as SEC Media Days get underway Monday in Birmingham, Alabama. LSU Coach Ed Orgeron is one of three coaches who will speak today. 24-7 sports college football...
Jul 17, 2021
Republicans lead charge to override vetoes in historic session, Governor Edwards stands by his vetoes
Lawmakers will gather at the state Capitol Tuesday for a historic veto session. The legislature could vote on as many as 28 Republican-sponsored bills that Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed. Edwards st...
Jul 16, 2021 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
First Shot At A Million winners annouced
A 30-year New Orleans Police veteran and a 17-year-old Hammond High student were the first two winners in the state's vaccine incentive lottery program. 80-year-old New Orleanian Clement Dasalla won $...
Jul 16, 2021
Health official issues grim warning to the unvaccinated as Delta rages
The Delta variant fueled surge in COVID cases has undone over four months of progress the state made in the fight against coronavirus. Louisiana is now seeing about a thousand and a half new cases a d...
Jul 16, 2021 Catherine O'Neal, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine
Historic veto session set to begin Tuesday
Louisiana lawmakers will hold a veto session for the first time since the current state Constitution was enacted in 1974. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat said capitol observers have expected an over...
Jul 16, 2021 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
Former Governor Edwin Edwards will lie in state at the Capitol
Governor Edwin Edwards will lie in state at the State Capitol Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. He will be the 5th governor to lie in state, a distinction that Edwards biographer Leo Honeycutt said is d...
Jul 16, 2021
Gaming Control Board OKs online fantasy sports gaming with DraftKings
Louisianans in 47 parishes can now play online fantasy sports on DraftKings after the Louisiana Gaming Control Board approved the Nevada-based company's request for a fantasy license. State Police Gam...
Jul 15, 2021
Governor Edwin Edwards to lie in state Saturday
Longtime allies of Governor Edwin Edwards will pay their last respects Saturday as the Cajun Prince is set to lie in state at one of his favorite places on earth, the State Capitol. Longtime Delhi Dem...
Jul 15, 2021 Delhi Rep Francis Thompson - R
