This Week in Louisiana Politics: SCOTUS, vetoes and car accidents

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – On This Week in Louisiana Politics, Governor John Bel Edwards pushed out more vetoes including making changes to the state’s operating budget to fill in a cut to the Department of Health.

HB1 , written by Jerome Zeringue, R-Houma, gave the appropriate funding for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024. Edwards signed and passed the bill on Thursday, June 29, but decided to veto five parts about budget cuts.

Plus, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down several decisions that will heavily impact Louisiana including orders on redistricting , LGBTQ discrimination , and student loans .

The Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan on Friday, June 30.

Edwards announced that he vetoed three bills that are seen as discriminatory towards the LGBTQ community.

Fred Childers sits down with Congressman Garret Graves to talk about his bill that would crack down on staged car crashes in hopes to bring down insurance rates.

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