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Louisiana counts 5,388 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, the 3rd highest spike ever
By: Rachel Mipro - July 21, 2021 6:39 pm Coronavirus COVID-19 computer generated image. Getty Images
BATON ROUGE – After the Wednesday veto override session ended without any bills being overridden, Gov. John Bel Edwards emphasized the need for both parties to come together and address the COVID-19 pandemic.
At his 5 p.m. meeting addressing the session, Edwards said the surge in COVID-19 cases is the most pressing issue Louisiana is currently facing, with the state adding 5,388 COVID-19 cases in one day, the third highest spike since the pandemic started.
“Now if there was one cause that we ought to all get behind and make sure that we’re pushing, it is to make sure we’re controlling this pandemic,” Edwards said. “Is to limit the people who are getting infected, going to the hospital and dying. Unfortunately that’s been squeezed out of the conversation as well here in Louisiana.”
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Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Friday that he vetoed 28 of the 505 bills the Louisiana Legislature sent him during the 2021 legislative session. That number includes the construction bill because Edwards used a line-item veto for some projects lawmakers approved. The Legislature can override any of the governor’s vetoes with a two-thirds vote in both chambers, and it appears that the Legislature, for the first time in modern Louisiana history, will actually convene an override session in the attempt to force its will into law.
Edwards promised early on during the session that he would veto any bill he determined discriminated against transgender people, and on June 22, he vetoed Senate Bill 156 by Sen. Beth Mizell (R-Franklinton) which seeks to ban transgender women and girls participating in women and girls sporting events.