Louisiana Senate backs transgender sports ban veto override
Associated Press 17 hrs ago By MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press © Provided by Associated Press FILE - In this April 12, 2021, file photo, Senate President Page Cortez speaks with a colleague during opening day of the Louisiana legislative session in Baton Rouge, La. Momentum is building for Louisiana lawmakers to hold a historic veto override session, with Cortez announcing Wednesday, June 30 that senators are likely to support the effort to try to overturn Gov. John Bel Edwards bill rejections. Cortez said Edwards spurning of a bill banning transgender athletes from competing on school sports teams of their identified gender appeared to have spurred enough backing among senators for the mid-July veto session. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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Louisiana Lawmaker Who Threatened To Shoot Another Leaves Party
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During this year s Louisiana Legislative Session, the debate involving a bill on domestic violence nearly led to violence inside the capitol. Louisiana State Representative Alan Seabaugh says that during dialog over a bill in Baton Rouge, fellow State Representative Malinda White threatened to shoot him.
Seabaugh told KEEL News: This is exactly what I said, I said, I understand you re not a lawyer and you may not get the difference. That s all I said and she absolutely went nuts. She stood up and she grabbed my arm, and she said, I m gonna go get my gun and finish this, or, Let me go get my gun and finish this. Something to that effect.