Edwards to veto LGBTQ+ bills

Edwards to veto LGBTQ+ bills

LGBTQ+ veto: Gov. Edwards vowed Thursday to veto three bills that target LGBTQ+ residents, James Finn reports. The bills would ban talk of gender and sex in school, limit the use of alternate pronouns in school and ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Budget chaos: State lawmakers signed off a $45 billion state budget minutes before the legislative session ended Thursday, after bitter fights over spending priorities, Finn reports. The Legislature unexpectedly stripped $100 million from the state Health Department, and awarded stipends, not pay raises, to public school teachers.

Supreme Court: The Supreme Court's decision to reject voting maps that killed a majority-minority district in Alabama could restart litigation over Louisiana's voting maps, Sam Karlin reports. Louisiana currently only has one majority-minority district but should have two, based on its population, advocates have said.

Numbers to Know

Just what was in the $45 billion budget that the Legislature passed Thursday?

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$100M cut to the Louisiana Department of Health

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$2K stipends for public school teachers

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$1K stipends for school support staff

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$44M for early childhood education

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Source: Louisiana Legislature

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