| Good Morning, The Republican majority passed two major pieces of legislation that could set up future fights with the Democratic governor. Moving faster and with less contention than anyone can remember, lawmakers last week approved and sent to the governor the bills that make up the state’s spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The usual practice over the years had been for House and Senate members to bicker over how taxpayer dollars would be spent until the last moments of the legislative session. This year the House and Senate leaders met regularly behind closed doors to smooth out the rough patches and find agreement early. The budget bills were passed so early that lawmakers should still be in session when, under the legal timeline, Gov. John Bel Edwards makes his line-item vetoes known – particularly when going through the $100 million or so of local projects for individual lawmakers that were added into the measures. Legislators could overturn those line-items vetoes using a parliamentary procedure called reconsideration before the session ends in two weeks. Lawmakers on Monday again passed and sent to the governor a bill that would ban participation of transgender athletes in women sports at public schools. Nearly identical to the measure passed last year, the bill is aimed, supporters say, at protecting fairness in female sports by limiting participation of athletes born as males who now identify as females. Supporters couldn’t come up with a single instance of a transgender athlete competing against women in Louisiana. But it is a political wedge issue that energizes conservative voters in this state and others. More than a dozen states have adopted similar laws – often over the vetoes of those states’ governors, Republican and Democratic. Indiana’s GOP-dominated Legislature today has scheduled an override vote of Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto. Edwards last year vetoed the legislation and came within two votes of having his veto overturned. He hasn’t announced whether he would veto this year’s bill, but last week on his call-in radio program again said the legislation unnecessary and cruel towards already vulnerable children. Louisiana legislators will have to return to Baton Rouge 40 days after the June 6 adjournment to attempt an override should Edwards veto the transgender sports participation ban. As always, check throughout the day for the latest Louisiana political news at theadvocate.com/politics or NOLA.com/politics and on Twitter at @MarkBallardCNB, @tegbridges, @samkarlin, @blakepater, @WillSentell. Here are a dozen articles, commentaries and editorials that will catch you up for the week to come. One last item: Thank you to our subscribers. Your support means a great deal to us. If you're not yet a subscriber, we’ve got a special offer you can check out here. – Mark Ballard | 